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View along the Arno River from the Porta à San Niccolò

Giuseppe Zocchi
1711-1767

View along the Arno River from the Porta à San Niccolò

18 3/8 x 26 1/2 inches (466 x 675 mm)
Pen and black ink on paper; framing lines in black ink.
1952.30:6

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, pl. 4.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on mount below drawing, in pen and brown ink, "Veduta di una parte di Firenze presa fuori della Porta à S. Niccolò presso al Fiume Arno".
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. 6, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department