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Isaac de Moucheron
1667-1744
Imaginary Italianate Garden with Four Figures and Two Dogs
1743
Pen and brown and gray ink, watercolor, over black chalk, on paper.
8 15/16 x 13 3/8 inches (226 x 339 mm)
Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bulow Fund 1978.
1982.92
Inscription:
Signed and dated at lower center on pedestal base of the stairway, in pen and brown ink, "Moucheron / Fecit 1743".
Provenance:
A. Moriau, Belgian officer (Lugt 1829 and 1853); his sale, Paris, Vignères, 11-12 March 1858, lot 186; Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London; acquired from E.V. Thaw and Co, New York.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 280-281.
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Watermark: none.
Associated names:
Moriau, A., former owner.
Bunzl, Yvonne Tan, former owner.
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