Workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Design for a Corinthian Capital
ca. 1760-1765
15 7/16 x 10 1/2 inches (393 x 267 mm)
Black chalk on paper.
1966.11:27
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Notes
Although long attributed to Piranesi, this drawing is more likely by the professional draftsman Nicolas François-Daniel Lhuillier. The capital studied in the drawing appears to be one from the interior of the Pantheon.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at lower left, in graphite, "64".
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis inside double circle, centered on chain line.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis inside double circle, centered on chain line.
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.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Dover, 1978, no. 27, repr.
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