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Alessio Gimignani
Sketch for Decorative Lunette
Pen and brown ink and wash, on paper; squared for transfer in red chalk; image in lunette shape with framing line in brown ink.
3 11/16 x 6 9/16 inches (94 x 166 mm); maximum dimensions of image area: 3 1/2 x 6 9/16 inches (89 x 166 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 27c
Provenance:
Nathaniel Hone, London (Lugt 2793); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
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.
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