School of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Mercury and Argus
ca. 1655
5 11/16 x 6 7/8 inches (145 x 174 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, on paper; later additions in gray wash and possibly extensions of two branches of tree in pen and brown ink over black chalk.
I, 200
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on the verso, at lower center, in graphite, "87".
Watermark: Foolscap with five points over number "4" and three balls (similar to Heawood, nos. 1921-2: 1648/9-51). Partly obscured by damage in paper.
Watermark: Foolscap with five points over number "4" and three balls (similar to Heawood, nos. 1921-2: 1648/9-51). Partly obscured by damage in paper.
Associated names
Woodburn, Samuel, 1785 or 1786-1853 former owner.
Robinson, John Charles, Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Reid, George William, 1819-1887, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Robinson, John Charles, Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Reid, George William, 1819-1887, 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, 200, repr. (as Rembrandt).
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 247.
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 247.
Classification
Century Drawings
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