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Domenico Maria Canuti
1626-1684
Jupiter Astride his Eagle, with Psyche and a Putto
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on paper.
9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (240 x 343 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
1962.12
Notes:
Study for the ceiling fresco of a room on the piano nobile, Palazzo Altieri, Rome, 1675-1676.
Inscription:
Inscribed in brown ink in an old hand at lower left, partially cut away, "Domenico Maria Canuti scolare del guid[o]".
A 24-line inscription can be seen showing through from the verso, but not read, as the drawing has been lined.
Provenance:
Alliance des Arts, Paris (Lugt 61); E. Moratilla, Paris; P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London.
Associated names:
Moratilla, E., former owner.
Bibliography:
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Thirteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1963 & 1964. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1964, p. 100.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 136.
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