Published on The Morgan Library & Museum (https://www.themorgan.org)

Home > Francesco Monti

Francesco Monti

Zoom image
Download image: 
Image icon 142188v_0001.jpg
Francesco Monti
1685-1768
Bust Length Figure of Joseph Holding the Flowering Rod
Red chalk, over black chalk, on paper; framing line in red chalk; partial framing line in pen and brown ink.
10 5/16 x 8 1/8 inches (262 x 206 mm), oval
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1992.140
Inscription: 

Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "[illegible] Sge Francescho / Monti"; numbered on verso, in pen and brown-gray ink, 7".
Watermark: Baldachin with two crossed keys and cartouche with letters "GMB", fragment.

Provenance: 
Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (no mark; see Lugt S. 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (no mark; see Lugt S. 1860c); Janos Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).
Watermark: 
Download watermark: 
Image icon 142188wm_1992_140_Monti_WM_beta.jpg
Associated names: 

Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Catalog link: 
See more information »
Artist page: 
Monti, Francesco
School: 
Italian
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints