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Chimneypiece with Frieze Showing Putti in Boats and Nymph on Seahorses; Consoles with Bearded Male Heads. Profiles, Scale

Pen and black ink, with gray wash, on paper; framing line in black ink.

14 3/8 x 20 5/16 inches (365 x 516 mm)

Gift of Mr. Junius S. and Mr. Henry S. Morgan, 1958.

1958.23:10

Inscription:

Inscribed at right, "No. 9"; below border, "For the Saloon". Scale indicated at bottom.

Provenance:

Mrs. J.P. Morgan; by descent to her sons, Junius S. and Henry S. Morgan.

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:

Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Ninth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958 & 1959. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959, p. 110-111.

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