Marco Ricci
1676-1729
Shepherd with Goats, Sheep, and Cattle at a Stream
14 1/2 x 20 7/8 inches (370 x 530 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on laid paper.
I, 77
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right of mount, in graphite, "7 Day Lot 43"; numbered on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, "36"; in graphite, "very fine and perfect M / Do [o superscript] Ph / Marco Ricci / True W".
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, 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, 77, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. III: The eighteenth century in Italy. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971, no. 27, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. III: The eighteenth century in Italy. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971, no. 27, repr.
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