Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Design for a Chimneypiece with a Tablet, Festoons, and Medallions. Verso: Fragmentary sketch of a chimneypiece.
ca. 1769-1771
3 7/16 x 4 13/16 inches (89 x 124 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper; verso: black and red chalk.
1966.11:73
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
Notes
Stampfle noted that drawings 1966.11:73, 1966.11:74, 1966.11:75, and 1966.11:83 form a sequence, leading up to 1966.11:77. William Rieder (1975) has suggested a connection between the drawings and the Piranesi chimneypiece at Gorhambury, which was commissioned by Edward Walter, who was in Rome from 1769-71.
On same mat as 1966.11:74; 75.
On same mat as 1966.11:74; 75.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at lower right, in graphite, "106".
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. 73, repr.
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