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.

Pipe-smoking Herdsman and Six Cows in a Landscape

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).
Associated names
Fisher, Richard, 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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department