Adriaen van Ostade
1610-1685
Couple in an Arbor
7 5/16 x 6 3/8 inches (186 x 161 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash, pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; the outlines incised with a stylus; framing line in brown ink.
I, 128
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
The drawing is connected with Adriaen van Ostade's painting of the subject, dating ca. 1670, in the British Royal collection at Buckingham Palace, London. Only the figures in the drawing may be by van Ostade, the rest of the drawing may have been completed by Cornelis Dusart (1660-1704), who took over the contents of his master's studio following his death in 1685.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed with a false monogram at lower right, in brown ink, "AV.(in ligature)o".
Watermark: Crowned double-headed eagle around shield with bear motif. (similar to Churchill, nos. 440-41: 1652-81).
Watermark: Crowned double-headed eagle around shield with bear motif. (similar to Churchill, nos. 440-41: 1652-81).
Associated names
Dusart, Cornelis, 1660-1704, Possible attribution.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (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, 128 repr.
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