Cornelis Dusart
1660-1704
Bird-Hunter Displaying His Trophies in the Courtyard of an Inn
8 11/16 x 7 7/16 inches (220 x 189 mm)
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over graphite, on paper. Black chalk trials at upper left of the verso.
1981.5
Gift of W. Houston Kenyon, Jr., in memory of his wife, Mildred Ames Kenyon.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, with monogram, in pen and brown ink, "AVo ("A" and "V" connected and superscript "o").
Inscribed on verso: in an old hand, at lower right, in pen and brown ink, partially cut off, "Adriaen van" [Ostade]; at lower left, in graphite, "2705"; at upper right center, in graphite, "Granville & / Fairfax Murray / col. etc."; at lower center, "9 [superscript] 7 (8?) [subscript bellow superscript] 36".
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "PB" (similar to Heawood, no. 430), letters between chain lines, with B touching chain at right.
Inscribed on verso: in an old hand, at lower right, in pen and brown ink, partially cut off, "Adriaen van" [Ostade]; at lower left, in graphite, "2705"; at upper right center, in graphite, "Granville & / Fairfax Murray / col. etc."; at lower center, "9 [superscript] 7 (8?) [subscript bellow superscript] 36".
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "PB" (similar to Heawood, no. 430), letters between chain lines, with B touching chain at right.
Associated names
Anonymous, Dutch School, 17th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685, Formerly attributed to.
Westcombe, Anthony, Sir, approximately 1680-1752, former owner.
Granville, Bernard, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Young, Owen D., 1874-1962, former owner.
Young, Owen D., Mrs., former owner.
Kenyon, W. Houston, former owner.
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685, Formerly attributed to.
Westcombe, Anthony, Sir, approximately 1680-1752, former owner.
Granville, Bernard, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Young, Owen D., 1874-1962, former owner.
Young, Owen D., Mrs., former owner.
Kenyon, W. Houston, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 283-284.
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