Charles-Michel-Ange Challes
1718-1778
Architectural Fantasy
1747
15 13/16 x 26 3/8 inches (402 x 672 mm)
Pen and brown ink, with gray- black wash, on laid paper.
1952.31
Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane.
Notes
Watermark: fleur-de-lis in a circle, with letter "V" above. Watermark, beta radiograph. fleur-de-lis, circle, "V". 109636wm_1952_31_WM_beta.jpg
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower right, "MAC Challes a rome 1747".
Associated names
Wind, Edgar, former owner.
Crane, Josephine Boardman, 1873-1972, former owner.
Crane, Josephine Boardman, 1873-1972, former owner.
Bibliography
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Fourth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953, p. 64.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 138.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 61.
Denison, Cara, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome : Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library; Montréal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1993, no. 85, repr.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 138.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 61.
Denison, Cara, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome : Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library; Montréal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1993, no. 85, repr.
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