Pastoral Scene: A Herdsman and His Family, with Goats

Philipp Peter Roos  (German, St. Goar 1657–1706 Rome)

Date:
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium:
Red chalk, red and brown wash, with traces of black ink.
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/16 x 14 7/8 in. (26.2 x 37.8 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1989
Accession Number:
1989.125.2
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Recto, in artist's hand, in pen and brown ink: di misura di palmi nove ed fù dipinta da me nel anno 1696 Fillippo pietro Rosa in Tivoli

    Inscription: Old mount, verso, lower right, in pen and black ink: No 5 Old mount, verso, bottom right, in graphite: 1989.125.2 Old mount, top center, in graphite: No 4

    Marking: Old mount, verso, bottom right: MMA stamp

  • Provenance

    Vendor: Thomas Le Claire Kunsthandel, Hamburg

90001900

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