Antonio Maria Zanetti

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Antonio Maria Zanetti
1680-1757
Relief Showing Mercury, another Deity Holding a Serpent, and a Gryphon
Graphite on paper; border in pen and brown ink and gray wash.
9 11/16 x 7 inches (246 x 178 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
1959.3:78
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Preparatory for an engraving in "Delle antiche statue greche e romane, che nell'antisala della Libreria di San Marco, e in altri luoghi pubblici di Venezia si trovano," Venice, II, 1743.

Inscription: 

Inscribed and numbered at lower center, in pen and brown ink, "Mercurio, ed altra Deitá [sic] / XXIV".

Provenance: 
John Quantock, England; Randolph Gunter, New York.
Associated names: 

Zanetti, Antonio Maria, 1706-1778.
Quantock, John, former owner.
Gunter, Randolph, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Ninth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958 & 1959. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959, p. 100-102.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 178.
Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. III: The eighteenth century in Italy. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971, no. 33.

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