Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Sketches for Candelabra
ca. 1770
8 3/16 x 5 3/16 inches (207 x 132 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1966.11:95
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Notes
This drawing was once joined to 1966.11:94 as a single sheet, and the ornamental motifs seen there probably represent alternate ideas for some of the elements in the cadelabra (or perhaps one candelabrum, in variant sketches) depicted here.
On same mat as 1966.11:94.
On same mat as 1966.11:94.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at upper center, inverted, in graphite, "73".
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. 95, repr.
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