Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Column with Figural Decoration at Base and Other Ornamental Relief
10 5/8 x 2 11/16 inches (271 x 68 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper irregularly trimmed at sides.
1966.11:46
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at lower left, in graphite, [illegible].
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.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Dover, 1978, no. 46, repr.
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Century Drawings
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