Pietro da Cortona
1596-1669
Dawn. Design for a Ceiling
16 3/4 x 7 inches (425 x 178 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over red chalk, and black chalk, on laid paper.
IV, 173d
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and black ink, "P. da Cortona"; on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, "Y // J: B No[o superscript] 479 / 16 3/4 by 7. // 148"; at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "The Subject of the invention...[cut off] / Drawing seems to be Day Driving...[cut off] / away. // the 18th[th superscript] night / Lot 49 // price.".
Associated names
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Barnard, John, d. 1784, former owner.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Barnard, John, d. 1784, former owner.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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