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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

A Man Reclining amongst the Ruins of a Classical Building in Rome

Carlo Labruzzi
ca. 1765-1818

A Man Reclining amongst the Ruins of a Classical Building in Rome

4 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches (119 x 160 mm)
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over black chalk, on paper.
1982.86

Purchased on the E.J. Rousuck Fund.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Preparatory for pl. 2 of "Figure originali", dedicated to Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on plinth at right, in pen and brown ink, "FIGURE ORIGINALI / Carlo Labruzzi[i] / 1788".
Associated names
Hoare, Richard Colt, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 269.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department