Giuseppe Zocchi

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Giuseppe Zocchi

1711-1767

A Religious Ceremony Taking Place inside the Church of San Vincenzio in Prato Attendant on the Canonization of S. Caterina de' Ricci in 1746

Pen and brown and gray ink, with gray wash, over black chalk, on paper; framing lines in brown and black ink.

17 x 11 5/8 inches (432 x 295 mm)

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

1952.30:79

Inscription:

Inscribed on mount below drawing, in pen and brown ink, "Veduta interne della Chiesa di S. Vincenzio di Prato riccamente ornata, e / illuminata per le solenni Feste celebrate per lo spazio di otto giorni, ne' quali / Fù esposto Sopra l'Altar Maggiore il sacro corpo di S. Caterina De Ricci collocato / in Cassa d'argento, avendo pontificato Monsig: Federigo Alamanni Vescovo di Pistoia, / e di Prato, coll'assistenza di tutto il Clero, del Magistrato, e coll'intervento di Scelta / Nobilità, e di numeroso Popolo."

Provenance:

Mrs. J.P. Morgan, New York; by descent to her sons Junius S. and Henry S. Morgan.

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.

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