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Workshop of (?) Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Four Antique Lamps with Decorative Motifs of a Charioteer, Eros as Hunter, Two Animals on a Vase, and Two Dolphins
ca. 1760-1765
Red chalk on paper, irregularly cut.
9 3/4 x 7 inches (248 x 178 mm)
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
1966.11:30
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Notes:
Lamps with Dolphin and Eros motifs appear in "Le antichit ̉romane," 1756, vol. II, pl. XIII.
Although traditionally given to Piranesi himself, this sheet is more likely by a member of his workshop.
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Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in circle, with letters "C C" above, fragment.
Numbered at upper right, in graphite, "15".
Provenance:
Mrs. J.P. Morgan, New York; by descent to her sons Junius S. Morgan, Princeton and Paris (no mark, see Lugt 1536) and Henry S. Morgan, New York.
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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. 30, repr.
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