Jacob van Strij
1756-1815
Pipe-smoking Herdsman and Six Cows in a Landscape
8 5/16 x 11 1/8 inches (212 x 283 mm)
Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on paper.
I, 168
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at upper right, in black ink, "J: van Stry".
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, over "4" and "WR" and cursive letters "AJ", (Strasbourg lily), similar to Heawood, no. 1786).
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, over "4" and "WR" and cursive letters "AJ", (Strasbourg lily), similar to Heawood, no. 1786).
Associated names
Fisher, Richard, 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, 168, repr.
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Century Drawings
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