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Pieter de Molijn
1595-1661
Dune Landscape with Four Travelers and a Dog Resting in the Foreground
Black chalk and gray wash, on paper; framing line in black ink.
5 13/16 x 7 5/8 inches (148 x 194 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 167d
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The drawing is one of four versions of the scene by the artist. The others are in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, and the Prentenkabinet der Rijksuniversiteit, Leiden; the fourth version was on the Paris art market in 1986.
Inscription:
Faint traces of a signature at lower center, in black chalk, "Molyn".
Watermark: Foolscap with five points over "4" and three balls, fragment of bottom.
Provenance:
Probably Dr. Edward J. Riggall, London; probably his sale, London, Sotheby's, 6-8 June 1901, one of seven in lot 521: "P. Molyn. Studies of landscape, mostly signed (7)" (to Fairfax Murray for £7.0.0); 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:
Rigall, Edward, Dr., former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, John Pierpont, 1837-1913, former owner.
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