Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Design for Chimneypiece with Wreaths and Volutes
ca. 1765-1769
5 13/16 x 5 1/16 inches (147 x 128 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, on paper.
1966.11:88
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Notes
This drawing seems to have begun as the careful study in lighter brown ink, with Piranesi's later edits added in the darker ink.
Drawing is on verso of a fragment of a letter with notes on the architectural elements of a church; see Stampfle catalogue entry cited below for full transcription.
On same mat as 1966.11:87; 90; 91.
Drawing is on verso of a fragment of a letter with notes on the architectural elements of a church; see Stampfle catalogue entry cited below for full transcription.
On same mat as 1966.11:87; 90; 91.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at upper right, in graphite, "90".
Watermark: Bird on three mounts inside circle, over letter "M", fragment.
Watermark: Bird on three mounts inside circle, over letter "M", fragment.
Associated names
Morgan, Jane Norton, 1868-1925, former owner.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Dover, 1978, no. 88, repr.
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