Francesco Piranesi

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Francesco Piranesi

1756-1810

Study of the Giustiniani Hygeia

ca. 1780-1792

Pen and gray ink, with brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on paper; pen and gray ink trials at upper left and upper right.

9 5/16 x 6 1/4 inches (237 x 165 mm)

Bequest of Junius S. Morgan and gift of Henry S. Morgan.

1966.11:128

Notes:

This depiction of the ancient Roman statue of the Seated Hygeia, formerly in the Giustiniani collection in Rome and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. 03.12.11a), is one of a series of drawings by Francesco Piranesi probably made in connection with his "Raccolta di Statue Antiche." In addition to the three drawings at the Morgan (inv. 1966.11:128, 1966.11:129, and 1966.11:130), further studies from the set are found in the Piranesi albums at the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe.

Inscription:

Inscribed at upper right, in pen and gray ink, "Gustinian"; numbered at lower left, in graphite, "45".

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. 128, repr.

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