Gerard Hoet
1648-1733
Musicians at a Balcony
1660
Irregular silhouetted oval: 9 x 9 13/16 inches (229 x 250 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over graphite and black chalk, on paper; design inscribed with oval framing line in brown ink.
I, 158
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Design for a ceiling decoration.
Design for a ceiling decoration.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower edge, outside of design oval, in brown ink, "Gerardus Hoet inventor Ao. ["o" in superscript] 1660".
Associated names
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, John Pierpont, 1837-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, 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, I, 158, repr.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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