Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Colonnaded courtyard
ca. 1742-1743
5 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (149 x 141 mm)
Pen and brown ink and gray wash, over black chalk, on paper.
1966.11:3
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Notes
Drawing is a study in reverse for left corner of etching, "Prospetto d'un regio Cortile nel cui mezzo vi st ̉una Loggia tra i cui intercolonni si veggono Fontane, Statue, ed altri ornamenti," from "Prima parte di architetture," 1743, f. 11.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "camicetta / un farsetto / due paia calce / un paio manicotti / corralini [collarini?] No 4 / fazletti No 1 / sugamano".
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. 3, repr.
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