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Peahen and Hen

Pieter Boel
1622-1674

Peahen and Hen

7 7/8 x 8 9/16 inches (200 x 218 mm)
Black chalk, with two touches of red chalk, on paper.
I, 154

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Watermark: coat of arms with fleur-de-lis and sun; countermark with letters "CD" (similar to Heawood, nos. 649-50: Paris, c. 1640-50).
Associated names
Hondecoeter, Melchior de, 1636-1695, Formerly attributed to.
Ponsonby, Ashley, 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, 154, repr. (as Melchior d'Hondecoeter)
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department