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Antonio Maria Zanetti
1680-1757
Full-Length Statue of Minerva
13 5/8 x 9 5/16 inches (347 x 237 mm)
Pen and black and brown ink, with gray wash, with white opaque watercolor, on paper; figure cut out and laid down in two sections; border in pen and brown ink and gray wash.
1959.3:64
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
Notes
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, I, 1740; II, 1743.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed and numbered at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Minerva XI".
Associated names
Zanetti, Antonio Maria, 1706-1778.
Quantock, John, former owner.
Gunter, Randolph, former owner.
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.
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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