Giuseppe Zocchi

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Giuseppe Zocchi
1711-1767
The Central Port in the Vicinity of Ponte à Signa
Pen and black ink on paper; framing lines in black ink.
10 7/8 x 18 11/16 inches (277 x 475 mm)
Gift of Mr. Junius S. Morgan and Mr. Henry S. Morgan.
1952.30:39
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Preparatory for an engraving in "Vedute delle ville e d'altri luoghi della Toscana", Florence, 1744, pl. 12.

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Inscribed on mount below drawing, in pen and brown ink, "Veduta del Porto di mezzo vicino al Ponte à Signa.".

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

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