Hendrik Kobell
1751-1779
Caulking of a Vessel in a Harbor at Sunset
1771
6 5/8 x 9 9/16 inches (168 x 242 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, watercolor, over black chalk, on paper; framing line in brown ink.
1967.6
Purchased as the gift of Mr. Alexander O. Vietor.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower left, in brown ink, "Kobell. f. 1771"; faded inscription with the date "1771" at upper right. Inscribed on the verso, at lower left (turned sideways), in brown ink, "D / 100"; at lower right, in black ink, "Bez. Kobell f. 1771"; and above this, in graphite, "1751-1782". Five printed labels attached to the lower edge of the drawing: "Coll. W.v.d. Hellen.; Coll. v. Rhodin; Vente: de Vos Ir.; Lilien-Papier.; and Hendrik Kobell".
Associated names
Rhode, Carl F., former owner.
Vos Jacobszoon, Jacob de, 1803-1878
Hellen, W. van der, former owner.
Vietor, Alexander O., donor.
Vos Jacobszoon, Jacob de, 1803-1878
Hellen, W. van der, former owner.
Vietor, Alexander O., donor.
Bibliography
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., ed. Fifteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967 & 1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 123-124.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 152.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 152.
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