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Attributed to Cornelis Saftleven
1607-1681
Recumbent Brown and White Dog
2 1/2 x 3 3/16 inches (64 x 82 mm)
Black chalk and brown wash, on paper; framing line in brown ink.
2006.27:1-96, fol. 15(2)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Recueil de Dessins folio 15(2).
One of ninety-six drawings that the French architect and collector Hippolyte Destailleur apparently pasted into an empty quarto album. See also Recueil de Dessins (2006.27:1-96).
Recueil de Dessins folio 15(2).
One of ninety-six drawings that the French architect and collector Hippolyte Destailleur apparently pasted into an empty quarto album. See also Recueil de Dessins (2006.27:1-96).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on the verso, at center, in Destailleur's hand, in graphite, "Safteleven".
Associated names
Sophie, of France, Madame, daughter of Louis XV, 1734-1782, former owner.
Destailleur, Hippolyte Alexandre Gabriel Walter, 1822-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Destailleur, Hippolyte Alexandre Gabriel Walter, 1822-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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