Giuseppe Zocchi

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Giuseppe Zocchi

1711-1767

26 Drawings for Zocchi's "Views of Florence"; 51 Drawings for Zocchi's "Views of Villas and Sites in Tuscany"

Mostly pen and black ink, with gray wash, on paper; framing lines in black ink

Gift of Mr. Junius S. Morgan and Mr. Henry S. Morgan.

1952.30

Notes:

Measurements vary: drawings for "Views of Florence" approximately 19 x 27 inches (483 x 686 mm); drawings for "Views of Villas...5" approximately 11 x 19 inches (279 x 483 mm)
Preparatory for engravings in "Scelta di XXIV vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese, e palazzi della città di Firenze", Florence, 1744, and "Vedute di ville e luoghi della Toscana", Florence, 1744.
Call number: EOS Zocchi [for nos. 2-26], It. 18.22-18.25 [for nos. 1, 27-77].

Inscription:

All inscribed on mount below drawing, in pen and brown ink, with view depicted.

Provenance:

Mrs. J.P. Morgan, New York; by descent to her sons Junius S. and Henry S. Morgan.

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:

Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Fourth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953, p. 63-64.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 178.
Dee, Elaine Evans. Views of Florence and Tuscany by Giuseppe Zocchi. Seventy-Seven Drawings from the Collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Washington, D.C. : International Exhibitions Foundation, 2nd ed., 1971.

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