Francesco Tironi

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Francesco Tironi

1745-1797

The Meeting of Pope Pius VI and the Doge on the Island of S. Giorgio in Alga

ca. 1782

Pen and brown ink and wash, black ink and wash, with lead white opaque watercolor, on laid paper.

13 3/8 x 18 5/8 inches (340 x 475 mm)

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

IV, 141c

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An imitator of Canaletto, Tironi catered to the sizable eighteenth-century market for views of his native city. This drawing records the visit of Pope Pius VI to Venice; upon his arrival he was greeted by Doge Paolo Renier in a ceremony on the small island of San Giorgio in Alga. The pope's visit took place in 1782 and is also the subject of a painting by Tironi's more famous contemporary Francesco Guardi. --Exhibition Label, from "Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings"
Formerly attributed to Canaletto, 1697-1768.

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Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, (Strasbourg lily).

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.

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Canaletto, 1697-1768, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

Bibliography:

Stampfle, Felice, and Jacob Bean. Drawings from New York collections. III: The eighteenth century in Italy. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1971, no. 298, repr.

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