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Giovanni Francesco Romanelli
1610-1662
The Construction and Restoration of Churches under Countess Matilda
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; framing line in black ink.
7 3/8 x 7 7/8 inches (187 x 200 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 173b
Notes:
Formerly attributed to Pietro da Cortona.
On same mat as IV, 173a.
Provenance:
Unidentified mark, at bottom left, in pen and black ink; Sir John Charles Robinson, Edinburgh and London (Lugt 1433); Etienne-Francois Bazot (Lugt 342); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names:
Pietro, da Cortona, 1596-1669, Formerly attributed to.
Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Bazot, Etienne-François, b. 1782, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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