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

Sketch for Decorative Lunette

Alessio Gimignani

Sketch for Decorative Lunette

6 1/16 x 7 9/16 inches (153 x 192 mm); maximum dimensions of image area: 4 1/2 x 7 inches (114 x 178 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; image in lunette shape with framing line in brown ink; ruled in black chalk, and partially marked along outside of bottom edge in pen and black ink.
IV, 27e

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower center, in pen and brown ink, "Matt-Rosseli [?]29".
Associated names
Rosselli, Matteo, 1578-1650, formerly attributed to.
Hone, Nathaniel, 1718-1784, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department