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Francesco Tironi
1745-1797
A Large Crowd in a Piazza before the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo in Venice
Pen and brown and black ink, with gray and brown wash, on paper; framing lines in brown ink.
13 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches (343 x 476 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 141b
Notes: 

Formerly attributed to Canaletto, 1697-1768.

Provenance: 
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names: 

Canaletto, 1697-1768, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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Tironi, Francesco
School: 
Italian
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints