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Pompeo Batoni
1708-1787
Head of a Frightened Girl
Red and black chalk, with white chalk, on laid paper prepared with a brown wash.
8 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches (213 x 156 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 166
Notes:
Formerly attributed to Domenichino.
Study for the figure at far right center in the "Fall of Simon Magus" in S.M. degli Angeli, originally intended for St. Peter's.
Provenance:
Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (see Lugt 118); by descent to his son George William; probably their sale, London, Sotheby's, 28 November 1904; 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:
Domenichino, 1581-1641, Formerly attributed to.
Adolphus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1774-1850, former owner.
George, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1819-1904, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 166, repr. (as Domenichino)
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