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Attributed to Jonathan Richardson
1665-1745
Portrait of a Man and a Woman in Profile to the Left (Mr. and Mrs. Knap?)
5 x 4 9/16 inches (126 x 117 mm)
Metalpoint on vellum; double framing line in graphite.
2004.49:15
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Fol. 5, no. 15 in the Bull Album.
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson Sr. in Fairfax Murray.
The sitters identified as Mr. and Mrs. Knap in Fairfax Murray, as Jonathan Richardson Sr. and Mrs. Knap in handlist of album. According to Carol Gibson-Wood ("Jonathan Richardson as a Draftsman," Master Drawings 32, no. 3 [1994], pp. 203-229]), Mrs. Catherine Knapp was a close female companion of Richardson's in the 1730s.
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson Sr. in Fairfax Murray.
The sitters identified as Mr. and Mrs. Knap in Fairfax Murray, as Jonathan Richardson Sr. and Mrs. Knap in handlist of album. According to Carol Gibson-Wood ("Jonathan Richardson as a Draftsman," Master Drawings 32, no. 3 [1994], pp. 203-229]), Mrs. Catherine Knapp was a close female companion of Richardson's in the 1730s.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left in graphite (?), Richardson.senr: [colon under "r"], at lower center, Mrs [rs superscript] Knap.; on verso at upper left in pen and black ink, partially cut off [trimmed], R. Senr&., at upper center in graphite, My Father & Mrs [rs superscript] Knapps., at center, Richardson Senr. [period under "r"] & Mrs [rs superscript] Knap / I believe his 2d [d superscript] wife; at lower right in pen and black ink, partially cut off, m [?], in graphite, partially cut off, R; on album sheet at lower right of decorative border in graphite, J. Richardson, beyond upper left corner of decorative border, x 10, beyond upper right corner of decorative border, 15. Collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson Sr. inscribed at lower right in graphite, R.
Associated names
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806, former owner.
Thibaudeau, Alphonse Wyatt, 1840-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806, former owner.
Thibaudeau, Alphonse Wyatt, 1840-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 22, repr.
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