Pieter de Molijn
1595-1661
Herdsmen around a Fire at Night
5 13/16 x 7 11/16 inches (148 x 196 mm)
Black chalk, gray wash, with opaque white, on paper.
III, 167g
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated by the artist, at upper right, in black chalk, PM ["P" in superscript], "M" in subscript]olyn / 1655". Inscribed on the old mount, in brown ink, "uyt het Cabinet van de Hr: Bernardus Hagelis N ̊31".
Watermark: Shield with fleur-de-lis, over 4 and letters "WR", fragment (similar to Churchill, no. 403: 1686).
Watermark: Shield with fleur-de-lis, over 4 and letters "WR", fragment (similar to Churchill, no. 403: 1686).
Associated names
Hagelis, Bernardus, 1680-1762, former owner.
Sijdervelt, Antony, -1766, former owner.
Jongh Azn, Daniël de, former owner.
Woodburn, Samuel, 1785 or 1786-1853 former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Sijdervelt, Antony, -1766, former owner.
Jongh Azn, Daniël de, former owner.
Woodburn, Samuel, 1785 or 1786-1853 former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice. Rubens and Rembrandt in Their Century : Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from The Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979, no. 54, repr.
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 162.
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 162.
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 162.
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 162.
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