Francesco Bartolozzi
1727-1815
Portrait of Pierre-Noël Violet (1749-1819)
1776
7 x 5 9/16 inches (178 x 141 mm), oval
Black, red and white chalk, with opaque brown on laid paper.
1982.78
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, with the special assistance of Mrs. Horace Havemayer, Mrs. H. J. Heinz, II, and Mr. and Mrs. James R. Houghton.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated at lower left, in black chalk, "Bartolo" [cut off by portfolio held by sitter] / 1776".
Associated names
Destailleur, Hippolyte Alexandre Gabriel Walter, 1822-1893, former owner.
Havemayer, Horace, Mrs., donor.
Heinz, H. J., Mrs., donor.
Houghton, James R., donor.
Houghton, James R., Mrs., donor.
Havemayer, Horace, Mrs., donor.
Heinz, H. J., Mrs., donor.
Houghton, James R., donor.
Houghton, James R., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 234.
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