FJK 096

Piranesi Giovanni Battista (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)

Study of Twelve Figures

ca. 1768-1775
4 39/64 × 7 1/4 in. (117 × 184 mm)

Medium
Pen, brown ink and brown wash on light brown wove paper

Origin

Private Collection, Paris
Mr. Otto Wertheimer Collection, Paris
Constantinoff Collection, Paris
Sale, Christie’s, New York, January 30, 1997, no. 98
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco, JK 5403
Jan Krugier Foundation

Bibliography

THOMAS Hylton, The Drawings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, London: Faber and Faber, 1954, p. 61, no. 75, ill.

DÜCKERS Alexander, Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Berlin: G & H Verlag, 1999, Catalogue raisonné, p. 414, ill.

Exhibitions

Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, 1999, p. 154, no. 70, color ill. p. 155.

Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, p. 180, no. 74, color ill. p. 181.

Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La Passion du dessin. Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002, Addendum no. 12, color ill.

Munich, Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das Ewige Auge - Von Rembrandt bis Picasso. Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2007, p. 142, no. 63, color ill. p. 143.

Request for information/loan

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