Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin

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Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
1739-1811
Interior of St. Peter's, Rome
1763
Pen and black ink, gray and brown wash, on paper.
16 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches (419 x 294 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 112a
Notes: 

Watermark: none visible through lining.

Inscription: 

Signed and dated at lower left, "chalgrin fecit Rome 1763".

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: 

Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 81.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 328.
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 83, repr.
Denison, Cara, Myra Nan Rosenfeld, and Stephanie Wiles. Exploring Rome : Piranesi and His Contemporaries. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library; Montréal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1993, no. 107, repr.

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Chalgrin, Jean-François-Thérèse
School: 
French
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints