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Frieze Motif of Winged Head Supported by Seated Putto

Workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778

Frieze Motif of Winged Head Supported by Seated Putto

ca. 1775-1780
2 15/16 x 9 1/4 inches (75 x 235 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; framing line in pen and brown ink.
1966.11:36

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

Notes
Traditionally attributed to Giovanni Battista Piranesi, this drawing must be instead by a member of his workshop. Mario Bevilacqua has suggested an attribution to Giovanni Battista's son Angelo Piranesi, by comparison with Angelo's signed drawing in the Album Amicorum of Aernout Vosmaer.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at lower left, in graphite, "65".
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. 36, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department