Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Design for a Chimneypiece with a Palmette at Center, and surrounding sketches for wall decoration
ca. 1764-1769
4 13/16 x 5 inches (124 x 129 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1966.11:82
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Notes
Drawing is on verso of a fragment of writing (not in Piranesi's own hand) concerning the architecture of San Giovanni in Laterano, in pen and brown ink. See Stampfle catalogue for full transcription and Fabio Barry, "Rinovare, anziché ristorare: Piranesi as Architect," for recent discussion.
In same mat as 1966.11:83.
In same mat as 1966.11:83.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Bird inside circle, with letter "F" above, fragment, quarter of circle.
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. 82, repr.
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