Cornelis Pronk

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Cornelis Pronk

1691-1759

Study of a Snake

1726

Graphite on paper.

9 1/4 x 16 inches (235 x 406 mm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Turner in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Morgan Library and the 50th anniversary of the Association of Fellows.

1999.37

Notes:

The drawing is one of a series by the artist dated 1726.

Inscription:

Signed at lower right, in graphite, "C Pronk. fc:". Inscribed on the verso, at upper left corner, upside down, in graphite, "13839 (inscribed in a circle"; beside this, in another hand, in graphite, "From a series dated 1726"; at upper center, in graphite "Roy"; at lower left, upside down, stamped in black ink, "William John Hill"; below this, also upside down, in graphite, "G Hill/ upper (?) 48"; and at lower right, in graphite, "48 (inscribed in a circle)".
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, over "4" and "LVG", (Strasbourg lily).

Provenance:

William John Hill; Abbot and Holder, London; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Turner, Tilbury-juxta-Clare, nr. Halstead, Essex.

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Associated names:

Hill, William John, former owner.
Turner, Nicholas, 1947- former owner.
Turner, Jane, 1956- former owner.

Bibliography:

Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 407.

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