Attributed to Francesco Piranesi
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Attributed to Francesco Piranesi
1756-1810
Putti with Helmet and Trophies. Verso: Sketch
ca. 1770-1790
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink; verso: black chalk.
5 11/16 x 7 7/16 inches (144 x 189 mm)
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
1966.11:133
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Notes:
Although long attributed to Giovanni Battista Piranesi, this is almost certainly instead by his son Francesco.
Inscription:
Numbered at lower right, in graphite, "38".
Provenance:
Mrs. J. P. Morgan, New York; by descent to her sons Junius S. Morgan, Princeton and Paris (no mark, see Lugt 1536) and Henry S. Morgan, New York.
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.
Bibliography:
Stampfle, Felice. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Dover, 1978, no. 133, repr.
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