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.

An Encampment, Possibly a Horse Fair

Formerly attributed to Philips Wouwerman
1619?-1668

An Encampment, Possibly a Horse Fair

10 5/8 x 15 3/8 inches (269 x 392 mm)
Brush and black wash, over graphite, on paper.
III, 199a

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

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in brown ink, "philip Wouver...". On the old blue van Parijs mount, at lower right, in graphite, "Philippe Wouvermans". On the verso of the old mount, in graphite, at center, in large letters, in graphite," No ["o" in superscript] 9"; and at upper left, "40 frs".
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Associated names
Parijs, van, ca. 1789-1839, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department