Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Sketches for the Decoration of Coaches
ca. 1767-1769
9 1/8 x 14 3/4 inches (232 x 375 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1966.11:99
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and Henry S. Morgan.
Notes
Drawing is on verso of a fragment of an etching, plate 48 of Piranesi's "Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini," 1769, f. 922.
This drawing and 1966.11:100 were originally a single sheet.
This drawing and 1966.11:100 were originally a single sheet.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Bianco // nero con figure bianche / picole"; numbered at upper right, inverted, in graphite, "59".
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. 99, repr.
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