Workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Sketch of Capital with Dolphin and Acanthus. Verso: Sketches of animal claw furniture leg, putto head, and rococo frame
ca. 1755-1775
5 x 9 9/16 inches (127 x 242 mm)
Graphite on paper; verso: black chalk.
1966.11:42
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at lower left, in graphite, "56".
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.
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. 42, repr.
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Century Drawings
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