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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Weapons of Ancient Roman Design
Black chalk on paper.
10 3/4 x 13 5/16 inches (273 x 339 mm)
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
1966.11:41
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Numbered at upper left, in graphite, "75".
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis inside circle, with bird above, and letter "B" below circle, centered on chain line. See also 1966.11:28.
Provenance:
Mrs. J. P. Morgan, New York; by descent to her sons Junius S. Morgan, Princeton and Paris (no mark, see Lugt 1536) and Henry S. Morgan, New York.
Bibliography:
Stampfle, Felice. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Dover, 1978, no. 41, repr.
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Associated names:
Morgan, Jane Norton, 1868-1925, former owner.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
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