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Design for Rectangular Frame for Oval Mirror with Floral Ornament, Dove in Wreath, and Winged Putto Heads

Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778

Design for Rectangular Frame for Oval Mirror with Floral Ornament, Dove in Wreath, and Winged Putto Heads

19 13/16 x 15 1/4 inches (503 x 387 mm)
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over graphite, on paper with oval cut out and design area pasted to lining; border in black ink.
1966.11:109

Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.

Notes
This and the related drawings 1966.11:107 and 1966.11:108 are difficult to pin down in Piranesi's work. They do not seem to relate to the decorative art designs produced for the Diverse Maniere but may be from the preceding decade.
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.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Dover, 1978, no. 109, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department