Copy after Gabriel Metsu
1629-1669
Young Man in a Fur Cap Seated Writing
8 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (216 x 182 mm)
Black chalk on paper.
I, 145
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on the verso, in graphite, at upper left corner, "c 369"; twice in lower quarter, "Metzu"; and in lower right corner, "c 369 [upside down] / £1.11.6".
Associated names
Metsu, Gabriel, 1629-1669, Formerly attributed to.
Holford, Robert Stayner, 1808-1892, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, John Pierpont, 1837-1913, former owner.
Holford, Robert Stayner, 1808-1892, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, 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, 145 (as Metsu)
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Century Drawings
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