Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Dutch Shore Scene with Figures near a Groyne, with a States Yacht under Sail in a Fresh Breeze and a Flagship at Anchor beyond

Hendrik Rietschoof
1687-1746

Dutch Shore Scene with Figures near a Groyne, with a States Yacht under Sail in a Fresh Breeze and a Flagship at Anchor beyond

7 1/16 x 10 3/4 inches (180 x 273 mm)
Brush and gray wash on paper; framing line in brown ink.
I, 163

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

Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower right, in gray ink, "HR(in ligature)ietshoof"; variously inscribed on the verso, in graphite, in lower left corner, "JaV / RU · ? · VO"; above left, "122"; and at lower right, "Rietschoof".
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "LVG", fragment.
Associated names
Wadmore, James, 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, 163, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department