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Domenico Maria Canuti
1626-1684
Musicians in a Gallery
Pen and brown ink and wash, over red chalk, with white opaque watercolor, on paper.
13 x 10 1/8 inches (330 x 257 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 181
Notes:
This design is similar to decoration in the foyer of the theatre at Brescia.
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Numerical notations at top, bottom, and right side.
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:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 181, repr.
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