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Attributed to Antonio Terreni
18th century
A Ball at the Pitti Palace, May 31, 1785
1785
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, with white opaque watercolor, on paper.
20 3/8 x 29 inches (517 x 737 mm)
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr.
1962.5
Inscription:
Inscribed within ornamental border, in pen and brown ink, "Veduta della Festa di Ballo data da S.A.R. alle L.L.M.M.: il Re, e Regina delle due / Sicilie nel Cortile del Palazzo Pitti, e Giardino di Boboli annesso, la Sera del di 31: Mag:io [io superscript] 1785".
Provenance:
J. Pierpont Morgan, New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); by descent to J.P. Morgan, Jr., New York.
Associated names:
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, 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. 299, repr.
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