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

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

Old Man with Staff, Seated, Looking Up

Bernard Picart
1673-1733

Old Man with Staff, Seated, Looking Up

1723
19 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (491 x 371 mm)
Red chalk on paper; ruled border in red chalk.
III, 85e

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

Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at, lower left, "B. Picart f. 6em novemb. 1723"; inscribed in red chalk below ruled border, "44"; in pen and black ink, "59".
Associated names
MacGowan, John, -1803, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 35.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department