Nicolaas Pietersz Berchem
1620-1683
Pastoral Landscape with a Woman Spinning and Men Plowing
1654
5 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches (147 x 188 mm)
Black chalk and gray wash on paper; framing line in black ink.
I, 137
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at upper right corner, in black chalk, "Berghem.f. / 1654". Inscribed on the verso, at upper left corner, in brown ink, "yxft.01.2[or 7](?)"; next to this, in graphite, "6"; at lower left, in the hand of Goll van Franckenstein, in brown ink, "N 116"; over this, in graphite, "116"; and below this, in graphite, "No ["o" in superscript] A11 (?)".
Watermark: Foolscap with five points, over "4" and three balls, fragment. No ball on 3rd and 4th collar points. (similar to Heawood, no. 1964). Same as watermark on I,137a
Watermark: Foolscap with five points, over "4" and three balls, fragment. No ball on 3rd and 4th collar points. (similar to Heawood, no. 1964). Same as watermark on I,137a
Associated names
Goll van Franckenstein, J. (Johann), 1722-1785, former owner.
Goll van Franckenstein, Johan, 1756-1821, former owner.
Goll van Franckenstein, Pieter Hendrik, 1787-1832, former owner.
Nieuwenhuys, C. J., 1799-1883, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Goll van Franckenstein, Johan, 1756-1821, former owner.
Goll van Franckenstein, Pieter Hendrik, 1787-1832, former owner.
Nieuwenhuys, C. J., 1799-1883, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 137, repr.
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