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Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini
1675-1741
Massacre of the Innocents. Verso: The Three Fates and a Sketch of the Single Figure of Lachesis
Pen and brown ink and wash, over red chalk, on paper; single figure in black chalk; verso: pen and brown ink over black chalk.
9 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches (234 x 399 mm)
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1961.22
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Inscribed by the hand Lugt 3005 c-d, at lower left in black ink, "Antonio Pellegrini Padovano".
Provenance:
G.M. Marchetti, Bishop of Arezzo; Mrs. C. Frank, London; P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London.
Associated names:
Marchetti, Giovanni Matteo, Bishop, d. 1704, former owner.
Frank, C., Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography:
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 158.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Eleventh Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1961. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1961, p. 91-92.
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