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Sheet of Sketches Showing Temples, Tombs, Sarcophagi, Ground Plans, Vases, and a Circus. Verso: Layout of a Formal Garden

Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778

Sheet of Sketches Showing Temples, Tombs, Sarcophagi, Ground Plans, Vases, and a Circus. Verso: Layout of a Formal Garden

ca. 1742
16 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (419 x 285 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper; verso: pen and brown ink; ruled lines in black chalk.
1966.11:17

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

Notes
Sketches are after plates of reconstructions of ancient Roman monuments by Austrian architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723) published in his "Entwurff einer historischen Architectur," Vienna, 1721. The garden on the verso is also taken from that work and reflects Fischer's project for Schonbrun Palace.
For further studies after Fischer, see 1966.11:18.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed throughout identifying names of monuments, in pen and brown ink; see entry below for inscriptions.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis inside double circle, with letter "V", below circle.
Associated names
Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard, 1656-1723, after.
Morgan, Jane Norton, 1868-1925, former owner.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Bibliography
Denison, Cara, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome : Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library; Montréal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1993, no. 23, repr.
Stampfle, Felice. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Dover, 1978, no. 17, repr.
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