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Adriaen van Ostade
1610-1685
Seated Man Holding a Pipe and a Tankard
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over graphite, on paper; framing line in brown ink.
3 3/8 x 2 5/16 inches (85 x 59 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 130 (1)
Inscription:
Inscribed on the verso, at upper right corner, in graphite, "O.2".
Provenance:
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.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 130(1), repr.
Notes:
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Three on one mat.
Associated names:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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