Adriaen van de Velde
1636-1672
Calf Resting
3 3/4 x 6 11/16 inches (95 x 169 mm)
Red chalk on paper; double framing lines in light and dark brown ink (the lighter one in same ink as signature), with gold border applied directly on paper of drawing.
III, 226 (1)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
The drawing is one of six red chalk studies of cows by the artist owned by The Library.
This study has been connected with a painting formerly in the collection of C.T. Yerkes.
The drawing is one of six red chalk studies of cows by the artist owned by The Library.
This study has been connected with a painting formerly in the collection of C.T. Yerkes.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with initials at lower left, in faded brown ink, "A.V.V".
Associated names
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, 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, III, 226(1), repr.
Stampfle, Felice. Rubens and Rembrandt in Their Century : Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from The Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979, under no. 124.
Stampfle, Felice. Rubens and Rembrandt in Their Century : Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from The Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979, under no. 124.
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Century Drawings
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