Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Front and Profile Views of a Lion Claw Pedestal and Shallow Urn

Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778

Front and Profile Views of a Lion Claw Pedestal and Shallow Urn

6 7/8 x 8 9/16 inches (174 x 217 mm)
Black chalk on paper, darkened to light brown.
1966.11:39

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

Inscriptions/Markings
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.
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. 39, repr.
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