Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Design for a Stool
2 13/16 x 4 3/8 inches (71 x 111 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper cut to irregular shape; verso: trials in black chalk and pen and brown ink.
1966.11:104
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Notes
On same mat as 1966.11:93; 102; 105.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at lower left, in graphite, "22".
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. 104, repr.
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Century Drawings
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