Cornelis van Poelenburch
1594 or 95-1667
Shepherd Approaching a Sleeping Nymph
4 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches (113 x 206 mm)
Red chalk on paper; framing line in red chalk.
2001.30
Purchased as the gift of the Markus Family in memory of Frits Markus.
Notes
Watermark: none.
The drawing is closely related to a small painting on copper by van Poelenburch of a "Satyr Approaching a Sleeping Nymph" in the collection at Charlecote Park (National Trust).
The drawing is closely related to a small painting on copper by van Poelenburch of a "Satyr Approaching a Sleeping Nymph" in the collection at Charlecote Park (National Trust).
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered on the verso: at lower right, in brown ink, "No 389"; along left edge (turned sideways), in graphite, "138-6032-5"; and at lower left, also in graphite, "Poelenburgh 7".
Associated names
Heyl zu Herrnsheim, Maximilian von, Freiherr, former owner.
Markus family, donor.
Markus family, donor.
Bibliography
Jane Shoaf Turner, with contributions by Felice Stampfle, Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries, New York, 2006, cat. no. 200.
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Century Drawings
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