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Title Page for Zocchi's "Views of Florence"

Giuseppe Magni
active 1738-1743

Title Page for Zocchi's "Views of Florence"

18 3/8 x 26 5/8 inches (467 x 676 mm)
Black chalk on paper.
1952.30:2

Gift of Mr. Junius S. Morgan and Mr. Henry S. Morgan.

Notes
Preparatory for an engraving in "Scelta di XXIV vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese, e palazzi della città di Firenze", Florence, 1744; as the inscription states, the design is based on a fresco by Giovanni da San Giovanni (1596-1636) on the exterior wall of a house opposite the Porta Romana.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on the pedestal at center, in pen and brown ink, "Scelta / di XXIV.Vedute delle principali / Contrade, Piazze, Chiese, e Palazzi, della Città di Firenze / Dedicata / Alla Sacra Reale Apostolica / Maestà di / Maria Teresa / Regina d'Ingheria / e di Boemia, / Arciduchessa d'Austria / e Granduchessa / di Toscana &c. &c. &c."; on a cartouche below, "Questo Frontespizio dato ora in luce per la prima volta, è preso / dalla Pittura originale à fresco fatta dal Mannozzi detto Giovanni / da San Giovanni nel Prospetto di una Casa posta in Firenze in faccia / alla Porta Romana."
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
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Fourth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953, p. 63-64.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 178.
Dee, Elaine Evans. Views of Florence and Tuscany by Giuseppe Zocchi. Seventy-Seven Drawings from the Collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Washington, D. C. : International Exhibitions Foundation, 2nd ed., 1971, no. 2, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department