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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Peasant with a Pipe in his Hand, Leaning on the Back of a Chair

Cornelis Dusart
1660-1704

Peasant with a Pipe in his Hand, Leaning on the Back of a Chair

6 1/8 x 3 7/16 inches (155 x 87 mm)
Watercolor and opaque watercolor ( gray, blue, green, purple, salmon, ochre), pen and brown ink, some red chalk, on laid paper.
I, 161b

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

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
On same mat as I, 161a.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on the verso of the lining, in graphite, "Jan Steen. / Dusart / 6/2"; and numbered at left, "341" (encircled).
Associated names
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department