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

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

Bust Length Figure of Joseph Holding the Flowering Rod

Francesco Monti
1685-1768

Bust Length Figure of Joseph Holding the Flowering Rod

10 5/16 x 8 1/8 inches (262 x 206 mm), oval
Red chalk, over black chalk, on paper; framing line in red chalk; partial framing line in pen and brown ink.
1992.140

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "[illegible] Sge Francescho / Monti"; numbered on verso, in pen and brown-gray ink, 7".
Watermark: Baldachin with two crossed keys and cartouche with letters "GMB", fragment.
Associated names
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department