Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Design for a Chimneypiece with Tablet and Griffins on Lintel and Candelabra on Jambs
ca. 1764-1767
7 11/16 x 6 11/16 (upper margin) inches (196 x 170 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper cut to an L-shape.
1966.11:70
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Notes
Study for plate 20 of the "Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini," 1769, f. 880; drawing is on verso of a fragment of plate 15 from "Le rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia," f. 416.
The right half of this design is in the Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, HdZ 6319.
On same mat as 1966.11:69.
The right half of this design is in the Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, HdZ 6319.
On same mat as 1966.11:69.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at lower center, in graphite, "87".
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. 70, repr.
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