Hendrik Rietschoof
1687-1746
Dutch Shore Scene with Figures near a Groyne, with a States Yacht under Sail in a Fresh Breeze and a Flagship at Anchor beyond
7 1/16 x 10 3/4 inches (180 x 273 mm)
Brush and gray wash on paper; framing line in brown ink.
I, 163
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower right, in gray ink, "HR(in ligature)ietshoof"; variously inscribed on the verso, in graphite, in lower left corner, "JaV / RU · ? · VO"; above left, "122"; and at lower right, "Rietschoof".
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "LVG", fragment.
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "LVG", fragment.
Associated names
Wadmore, James, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 163, repr.
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Century Drawings
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