Currently not on view
A standing man at work, his hands on the edge of a table,
1760–69
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720–1778; born Mogliano Veneto, Italy; died Rome, Italy; active Rome
2014-51
Information
Title
A standing man at work, his hands on the edge of a table
Dates
1760–69
Medium
Pen and brown ink on heavy cream laid paper
Dimensions
21.6 x 9.1 cm (8 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund and Ethan O. Meers, Class of 2003, and Anne S. Bent Acquisition Fund
Object Number
2014-51
Culture
Materials
Subject
De Pourtalès collection; sale, Paris, Drouot, May 26, 1977, lot 108 (See reference Bib. 5534); Adolphe Stein, Paris; sale, Paris, Christie’s, Une Collection Privée, March 22, 2007, lot 229 (See reference Bib. 5535); private collection, Europe; sale Sotheby’s, London, Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolors, 9 July, 2014, lot 62 (See reference Bib. 5536);
- Dessins, tableaux, sculptures anciens et modernes, (Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1977)., nos. 317–321
- Master drawings presented by Adolphe Stein, (London: Bury Street Gallery, 1981). , no. 121
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Dessins vénitiens du XVIIIe siècle, (Bruxelles: Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1983).
, no. 137 - Une collection privée de dessins: 1500-1900, (Paris: Christie's, 2007)., nos. 9–14
- Old master & British drawings: auction in London, 9 July 2014, sale L14040, 10.30 am, (London: Sotheby's, 2014)., lot 62
- "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2014", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 74 (2015): p. 55-77., p. 70
