Jacob Cats
1741-1799
Fair on the Ice
1779
9 7/16 x 11 15/16 inches (239 x 303 mm)
Brush and dark brown and black ink, gray wash, over black chalk, on paper; framing line in graphite.
III, 242
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated on the verso, at lower left, in black chalk, "J: Cats inv / 1779". Inscribed above this, in graphite, "W[or N]. 149- 21".
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, 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, III, 242, repr.
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