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Workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778
Sketch of Hadrianic Medallion of the Sacrifice to Diana from the Arch of Constantine. Verso: Standing Figure of a Dacian from the Arch of Constantine
Graphite, over traces of red chalk, on paper.
4 1/4 x 5 3/16 inches (110 x 132 mm)
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.
1966.11:131
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Numbered at lower right, in graphite, "42".

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. 131, repr.

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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
School: 
Italian
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints