Technique: Red chalk drawing on Paper

Stamp: Collector's stamp, Lugt no.: 1687. Karl Eduard von Liphart (1808-1891). Dorpat, Bonn and Florence. 19th century

Collector's stamp, Lugt no.: 5706. Unknown/not identified. Mark: "SW". unknown. 20th century

Provenance: Karl Eduard von Liphart (1808-1891), Dorpat, Bonn und Florenz (L. 1687); dessen Enkel, Reinhold Freiherr von Liphart (1864[?]-1940), Ratshof bei Dorpat (L. 1758); Auktion von Liphart, Leipzig (C.G. Boerner), 26.-29. April 1898, Nr. 284 ("Gesatteltes Pferd, nach rechts. Rotsteinskizze. Bezeichnet. 14/14.5)"; Karl und Faber, München, Auktion 97, 18.-19. Oktober 1965, Nr. 131 mit Abb. ('Pferdestudie… Signiert … l. oben bez. "K. du jardin fec.'); unbekannte Sammlung "SW" (L. 5706); erworben bei Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, Auktion 9, 25.-29. April 1967, Nr. 122 ("Stehendes Pferd nach rechts […]");

Inscription: Upper left inscribed by another person: "K Du JARdin fec". Verso numbered: "303". signed in red chalk at upper left: "K Du JARdin fec", numbered on verso at upper right (probably by Reinhold von Liphart) in pen in black: "303", at lower left in pen in black "KEvLiphart" (Lugt No. 1687), inscribed in modern pencil at lower right: "14 : 14,5", below in modern pencil but probably by another hand: "Bloemaert miti [???] ? Bonn 106.", upper right collection stamp Reinhold von Liphart (Lugt no. 1758), further collection stamp ligated "SW" (Lugt no. 5706).

Date: c. 1720

Description: The smooth, thin paper and the continuous contour lines mark our sheet as a break. The accompanying lettering also differs from authentic signatures of Karel du Jardin in its mixture of block letters and cursive. A similar animal, almost to scale, is depicted in a red chalk drawing by Du Jardin at Harvard. Probably a comparable drawing served the unknown copyist as a model.
The reference to Bloemaert on the reverse could refer to a drawing that was also in the collection of Karl Eduard von Liphart.

Keywords: Mule, travel, pack animal, excursion, Italy trip, 18th century, Baroque, Animals, Netherlands, donkey

Size: 14.2 cm x 14.7 cm (5.6 x 5.8 in)

Condition: Rather good condition. Somewhat browned and stained, slightly wavy, remains of old mounting on verso.

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