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Peter Liender
1727-1779
View of Castle Buren and its Moat
1750
Pen and brush and black ink and wash, on paper.
9 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches (234 x 354 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 246
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Signed and dated at lower left, outside of framing line, in gray ink, "Petri: J Liendr del. ad. viv. 1750"; at lower right, in gray ink, "1751". Inscribed on the verso, at lower center, in black ink over graphite, "het Casteel te búúren"; and at lower left, also in black ink, illegible fragment (damaged by former hinge).
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis within a crowed shield, over letters "VDL", (Strasbourg lily).
Provenance:
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.
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Associated names:
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, 246, repr.
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