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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Front and Profile Views of a Lion Claw Pedestal and Shallow Urn
Black chalk on paper, darkened to light brown.
6 7/8 x 8 9/16 inches (174 x 217 mm)
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
1966.11:39
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Numbered at lower center, in graphite, "39".
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis inside double circle, centered on chain line, circle is uneven. Same watermark on 1966.11:33.
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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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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. 39, repr.
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