Jan van Huchtenburg

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Jan van Huchtenburg
1646-1733
Battle between Cavalrymen and Foot Soldiers
Brush and black wash, over graphite, on paper.
12 1/8 x 16 1/16 inches (309 x 408 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 230
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Watermark: none visible through lining.

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Inscribed on the verso, in various hands, in graphite: at upper left corner, "1702"; at center, "2253"; and at lower center, "Hughtenburg".

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Sir Charles Greville (1763-1836), English officer (Lugt 549); George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick (1818-93), Warwick Castle (Lugt 2600); his sale, London, Christie's, 20-21 May 1896, lot 187 (to Fairfax Murray for £0.2.5); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names: 

Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, 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, III, 230, repr.

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