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Sketch of Head and Shoulders of a Man

Workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778

Sketch of Head and Shoulders of a Man

ca. 1775-1778
3 1/4 x 3 3/16 inches (83 x 82 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1966.11:117

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

Notes
This drawing is by an unidentified member of Piranesi's workshop in his latest years; the figure study on 1966.11:118 is by the same hand.
On same mat as 1966.11:118.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at upper left, in graphite, "52".
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. 117, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department