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Pompeo Batoni
1708-1787
Studies for the "Fall of Simon Magus," S. Maria degli Angeli, Rome, 1761
Red chalk on paper; squared for transfer.
12 1/16 x 8 11/16 inches (307 x 22 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
1965.20
Inscription:
Signed at lower right in pen and brown ink, "Pompeo Batoni". Inscribed at upper left in pen and red ink, "N2581".
Provenance:
Walter Burki, Switzerland; Nathan Chaikin, New York.
Associated names:
Bürki, Walter, former owner.
Chaīkin, Nathan, former owner.
Bibliography:
Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Fourteenth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1965 & 1966. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967, p. 127.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 130.
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