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.
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.
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Century Drawings
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