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Fantasy of a Villa with a Garden

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.
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.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Dover, 1978, no. 1, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department