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Cornelis Pietersz. Bega

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Cornelis Pietersz. Bega
approximately 1631-1664
Rustic Courtship
Monotype in gray-brown ink on paper; touches of black chalk.
9 x 7 3/4 inches (229 x 183 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 211
Notes: 

Watermark: none.

Provenance: 
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names: 

Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 211, repr.

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Bega, Cornelis Pietersz.
School: 
Dutch
Century: 
17th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints