Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
1675-1741
Massacre of the Innocents. Verso: The Three Fates and a Sketch of the Single Figure of Lachesis
9 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches (234 x 399 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over red chalk, on paper; single figure in black chalk; verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk.
1961.22
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Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by the hand Lugt 3005 c-d, at lower left in black ink, "Antonio Pellegrini Padovano".
Associated names
Marchetti, Giovanni Matteo, Bishop, d. 1704, former owner.
Frank, C., Mrs., former owner.
Frank, C., Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 158.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Eleventh Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1961. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1961, p. 91-92.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Eleventh Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1961. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1961, p. 91-92.
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