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Jean-Henri-Alexandre Pernet
ca. 1763-ca. 1791
Architectural Capriccio
Pen and black ink, gray and brown wash and watercolor, over graphite, on paper.
15 7/8 x 23 1/2 inches (425 x 596 mm)
Purchased on the Lois and Walter C. Baker Fund.
1989.38
Inscription:
Signed in gray ink at lower center, "Pernet".
Provenance:
Private collection, Paris; Galerie La Scala, Paris; John Cassady-Smith, Minneapolis; R.M. Light & Co., Inc., Santa Barbara.
Associated names:
Cassady-Smith, John, former owner.
Bibliography:
Denison, Cara, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome : Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library; Montréal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1993, no. 115, repr.
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