Pieter de Molijn
1595-1661
Cottage amid Clump of Trees at the Edge of a Road, with Three Figures
5 15/16 x 8 inches (151 x 203 mm)
Black chalk and gray wash, on paper; framing line in black chalk.
III, 167c
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at upper left, in black chalk, "PM["P" in superscript, "M" in subscript]olyn / 16[3?]4". Numbered at upper right, in graphite, "124". Inscribed on the verso (visible through thin lining): at upper left, "124"; and at lower center, in the same as that which inscribed the verso of III, 167b, "Molyn".
Watermark: Coat of arms, fragment of top.
Watermark: Coat of arms, fragment of top.
Associated names
Riggall, Edward, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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