Giuseppe Zocchi

Zoom image

Download image:

191918v_0001.jpg

Giuseppe Zocchi

1711-1767

The Badia Fiorentina and the Palazzo del Podesta

Pen and black ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; framing lines in black ink.

18 7/16 x 26 7/16 inches (469 x 671 mm)

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

1952.30:20

Notes:

Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, (Strasbourg lily).
Preparatory for an engraving in "Scelta di XXIV vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese, e palazzi della città di Firenze", Florence, 1744, pl. 18.

Inscription:

Inscribed on mount below drawing, in pen and brown ink, "Veduta della Badia Fiorentina, e del Palazzo del Potestà, presa dalla Piazza della Chiesa de PP. dell' Oratorio."

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:

Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 178.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Fourth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953, p. 63-64.
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, no. 20, repr.

Catalog link:

See more information »

Artist page:

School:

Century:

Classification:

Department: