Lot 7
  • 7

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
  • Vari Capricci (De Vesme 3-12; Rizzi 29-38)
  • etchings
  • Each plate: circa 140 by 175mm; 5½ by 6 7/8 in
  • Each sheet: circa 203 by 242mm; 8 by 9½in
The set of ten etchings, 1739-43, good impressions of the only state, R. 37 and R. 38 on laid paper with fragmentary watermarks

Condition

With margins, extremely pale mount-staining, R. 38 with minor pale brown stains and a few pale foxmarks, occasionally a few foxmarks on the remaining plates, otherwise in generally good condition, unframed
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