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Sketches of Seated Male Nude, Balustrade, Vase, Column, and Winged Figure

Giovanni Battista Piranesi and workshop
1720-1778

Sketches of Seated Male Nude, Balustrade, Vase, Column, and Winged Figure

ca. 1775-1778
10 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches (276 x 200 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1966.11:118

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

Notes
The figure drawing at upper right of this sheet is by an unidentified member of Piranesi's workshop in his latest years; Morgan drawing 1966.11:117 is by the same hand. The rough sketches of figures and ornamental objects (made with the sheet turned 180 degrees) is one of a group of related late drawings by Piranesi himself -- see also 1966.11:116 and 1966.11:119 -- the function of which is unclear; they do not relate any of his printed work.
On same mat as 1966.11:117.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Plani..."; numbered at upper right, in graphite, "33".
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. 118, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department