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Portrait of Pope Alexander VIII

Giovanni Battista Gaulli
1639-1709

Portrait of Pope Alexander VIII

14 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches (371 x 244 mm)
Red and black chalk on light brown paper.
IV, 175

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Formerly attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
In his 2009 monograph on Gaulli (p. 138, 163, 374), Francesco Petrucci links the drawing to Gaulli's portrait of Alexander VII, location unknown, formerly with the antiquario Viancini in Venice. Brauer and Wittkower (1931) and Martinelli (1950) proposed the reattribution of the drawing from Bernini to Gaulli.
Associated names
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680, Formerly attributed to.
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, IV, 175, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department