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

Study for Pedimented Niche with Column at Left and Decorative Frieze below

Workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778

Study for Pedimented Niche with Column at Left and Decorative Frieze below

8 11/16 x x 5 1/4 inches (206 x 134 mm)
Black chalk on paper, irregularly cut at left.
1966.11:38

Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.

Notes
This drawing, by a member of Piranesi's workshop, is related to a marble shrine that Piranesi sold to the 2nd Earl of Bessborough, probably through the agency of Thomas Jenkins. The shrine was later sold to the Earl of Lonsdale and was long at Lowther Castle, though it was sold in 1947 and was in an English private collection until sold again at Sotheby's, London, 5 July 2022, lot 195 (https://tinyurl.com/3vfzcuwp).
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis inside doube circle, mongram "CB" above, centered on chain line. Same watermark on 1966.11:33 and 1966.11:34.
Numbered at lower left, in graphite, "110".
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.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Dover, 1978, no. 38, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department