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John Vanderbank

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John Vanderbank
1694-1739
A Riding School. Verso: faint compositional sketch, probably for a Mocking of Christ
1729
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white chalk, over graphite, on paper; verso: red chalk.
9 15/16 x 14 inches (252 x 356 mm)
Purchased on the E.J. Rousuck Fund.
1974.41
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Watermark: none.
Possibly related to the artist's "Twenty-five Actions of the Manage Horse...", London, 1729.

Inscription: 

Signed and dated at lower right in pen and brown ink: "Jho Vanderbank fecit 1729".

Provenance: 
Lord Richard Percy; Manning Gallery, London.
Associated names: 

Percy, Richard, Lord, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 184.

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Vanderbank, John
School: 
British
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints