Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Fantasy of a Villa with a Garden
4 7/8 x 7 7/16 inches (124 x 190 mm)
Pen and brown ink, with gray-brown wash, over black chalk, on laid paper; verso: pen and brown and brown wash, over black chalk.
1966.11:1
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Notes
Watermark: None
A very early drawing by Piranesi, this was probaby done after he had arrived in Rome but before he began the studies for the Prima Parte d'Architetture. It is not clear whether the fragmentary drawing on the verso is by Piranesi himself.
A very early drawing by Piranesi, this was probaby done after he had arrived in Rome but before he began the studies for the Prima Parte d'Architetture. It is not clear whether the fragmentary drawing on the verso is by Piranesi himself.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at lower left, in graphite, "109".
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. 1, repr.
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Century Drawings
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