Stefano Della Bella

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Stefano Della Bella
1610-1664
Man and Horse at a Ferry
Pen and brown ink, with gray wash, on laid paper.
6 3/16 x 9 13/16 inches (158 x 252 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 179c
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J.-P.-F.-G. de Meyron, Marquis de Lagoy, Aix-en-Provence (Lugt 1710); Comte Moriz von Fries, Vienna (blind stamp, Lugt 2903); 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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Lagoy, Jean-Baptiste de Meryan, marquis de, 1764-1829, former owner.
Fries, Moritz, Graf von, 1777-1826, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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