After Jean-François de Troy
1679-1752
Discovery of the New World
8 3/4 x 15 7/8 inches (222 x 404 mm)
Pen and black ink on paper, inscribed with stylus; verso rubbed with chalk.
1965.9
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
Notes
Corrections in the hand of the artist on added pieces of paper in right half of drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower center margin in pen and brown ink, "De Troy - for the Republick of Genoa 1718".
Watermark: IHS and cross in an circle, centered between two chain lines, cross rising from crossbar of "H"(Christogram).
Watermark: IHS and cross in an circle, centered between two chain lines, cross rising from crossbar of "H"(Christogram).
Associated names
MacGowan, John, -1803, former owner.
Ingram, Bruce, Sir, former owner.
Ingram, Bruce, Sir, former owner.
Bibliography
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Fourteenth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965 & 1966. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967, p. 122-123.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 173.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 173.
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Century Drawings
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