Gaspar van Wittel

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Gaspar van Wittel
1652 or 1653-1736
Hunter and his Dog Emerging from a Wood at the Edge of a Lake
Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, over black and red chalk, on paper.
15 15/16 x 21 1/8 inches (405 x 537 mm)
Gift of Paul Fatio.
1956.11
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Watermark: Donkey within a circle, surmounted by the letter "P", centered on chain line.

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Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (1717-99), Rome; Vincenzo Pacetti (d. 1820), Rome; Michelangelo Pacetti (b. 1793), Rome (Lugt and Lugt S. 2057); Paul Fatio, Geneva.
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Cavaceppi, Bartolomeo, 1717-1799, former owner.
Pacetti, Vincenzo, 1746-1820, former owner.
Pacetti, Michelangelo, 1793-1865, former owner.
Fatio, Paul, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Eighth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958, p. 73-74.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 174.

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