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Hendrick Verschuring
1627-1690
Travelers Resting near a Temple and Ruins at River's Edge
1679
Brush and black wash, over graphite, on paper; framing line in black ink.
11 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (285 x 363 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 153b
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Signed and dated at lower right, with point of brush and gray wash, "H. Verschuring. f. 1679". Inscribed on the verso, at upper left, in brown ink, "21"; and at lower left, in graphite, "3".
Watermark: Foolscap with seven points over "4" and three balls.
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.
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Associated names:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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