Charles Nicolas Cochin

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Charles Nicolas Cochin

1715-1790

Accident on the Road

ca. 1744

Black and white chalk, on blue paper.

8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches (212 x 274 mm)

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

III, 198

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Watermark: none visible through lining.
The present sheet, formerly attributed to the Dutch master Philips Wouvermans, actually served as Cochin's study for his 1744 print "Accident de Voyage", which reproduced a lost painting by Wouvermans (1619-1668). On 29 August 1744 Cochin offered the French Royal Academy two proofs of the print, which was announced in the periodical Mercure de France that same month. The original painting was identified in the 1760 sale of the Comte de Vence (no. 93).

Inscription:

Inscribed on the verso of the old mount, in brown ink, at upper center, "N:3"; at left center, in the same hand, "J:P: 1777"; at lower left, in another hand, "[w]as given me by Mr ["r" in superscript] Sandby & is a very scarse master"; at lower right, in the same hand, "Philip Wouvermans born at Harleam...1620 died ag[cut off]".

Provenance:

Paul Sandby (1725-1809), London (no mark; see Lugt 2112); J.P., 1777 (Lugt S. 1503a); Dr. Edward Riggall (active ca. 1886), London; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 6-8 June 1901, lot 550: "P. Wouvermans. A Halt by the Way, black chalk on grey paper (1)" (to Fairfax Murray for £4.4.0); 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.

Associated names:

Wouwerman, Philips, 1619?-1668, Copy after.
Wouwerman, Philips, 1619?-1668, Formerly attributed to.
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, former owner.
Riggall, Edward, 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, III, 198, repr. (as Wouwerman)

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