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Giulio Carpioni
1613-1678
Studies for a Composition of Bacchus and Ariadne
Red chalk on paper.
7 1/2 x 7 15/16 inches (191 x 201 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 86
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Sir Joseph Harley, 3rd Baronet, Leybourne Grange, Kent; sale, London, Christie's, 16 July, 1891, no. 211 (part of a lot); 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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Associated names:
Harley, Joseph, Sir, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 86, repr.
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