In the manner of Jan Both
1618?-1652
Landscape with Fishermen at the Water's Edge and Ruins of the Aurelian Walls of Rome in the Distance
10 9/16 x 10 1/2 inches (269 x 265 mm)
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over black chalk, on paper.
III, 191a
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper right corner, in dark brown ink, "JB(in ligature)oth". Inscribed on the verso, in graphite: diagonally in center, "Madme ["me" in superscript] Blaisot / Paris Xmas 1877"; and below this, in another hand, also diagonally, "Collection Donnadieu".
Associated names
Donnadieu, Alcide, approximately 1791-1861, former owner.
Chapman, John, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Chapman, John, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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