Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Design for a Chimneypiece with Bucrania, Festoons, Medallions with Reclining Figures, and Medusa Heads, Sketch of Masonry
ca. 1764-1769
5 15/16 x 6 3/4 inches (150 x 171 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1966.11:79
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Notes
Drawing is on verso of fragment of a letter, in pen and brown ink, that referes to works of sculpture by Giuseppe Pelosini in connection with work at Santa Maria del Priorato. See Stampfle catalogue for full transcription; on same mat as 1966.11:78.
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. 79, repr.
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