Simon de Vlieger
-1653
Village on the Bank of a Canal
10 1/2 x 16 11/16 inches (266 x 424 mm)
Black chalk, with white chalk, and gray wash, on blue paper.
III, 184a
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Remains of an inscription at lower left corner, in brown ink, "V..."( ? ). Inscribed on the old mount, with Knapton code, in brown ink, in center, "P 24"; at upper left, "June 5 - 1807 / Lot 1033"; and at upper right, "6 N / L 3".
Associated names
Knapton, George, former owner.
Morrison, George, General, former owner.
Hawley, Joseph Henry, Sir, 1813-1875, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Morrison, George, General, former owner.
Hawley, Joseph Henry, Sir, 1813-1875, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice. Rubens and Rembrandt in Their Century : Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from The Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979, no. 65, repr. (as de Vlieger)
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 322.
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 322.
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Century Drawings
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