Karel Dujardin
1622-1678
Boy on a Horse Drinking at a Stream, a Girl with a Flat Basket on her Head, a Cow, Goats, and Sheep
1676
7 1/2 x 10 5/16 inches (191 x 262 mm)
Red chalk on paper; framing line by the artist in red chalk.
I, 142a
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
The arrangement of figures and animals in the drawing and that of the related painting in the Galleria Sabauda, Turin are nearly identical, but in reverse.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower right, in red chalk, "1676·K·DV·IARDIN·f·Romae". Inscribed on the mount: at upper center, in graphite, "Burlington Fine Arts Club. Exh. 1883"; and at lower center, in Roupell's hand, in black ink, "R P R / Karl du Jardin / This drawing formed part of the Collection of / Sir Anthony Westcomb[sic] who is said in Walpoles / anecdotes to have been one of the Earliest English / Collectors. Temp Car 2. His Collection was bequeathed / by him to Bernard Granville the friend and patron of / Handel-and was preserved intact by that family / It was sold by order of the Executors in 1857 by Puttick / and Simpson. I purchased it at that sale / R P R".
Watermark: Anchor within a circle, surmounted by a six-pointed star, over the letter "F" (similar to Heawood, nos. 5-8: Rome, seventeenth century). Centered on one chain line, anchor has rounded top.
Watermark: Anchor within a circle, surmounted by a six-pointed star, over the letter "F" (similar to Heawood, nos. 5-8: Rome, seventeenth century). Centered on one chain line, anchor has rounded top.
Associated names
Westcombe, Anthony, Sir, approximately 1680-1752, former owner.
Granville, Bernard, former owner.
Roupell, Robert Prioleau, 1798-1886, former owner.
Salting, George, 1835-1909, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Granville, Bernard, former owner.
Roupell, Robert Prioleau, 1798-1886, former owner.
Salting, George, 1835-1909, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, 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. 66.
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