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GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO | A stag by a riverbank
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- A stag by a riverbank
- Pen and brown ink and wash;signed in pen and brown ink, lower left: Dom. Tiepolo f.
- 183 by 251 mm; 7 1/2 by 9 7/8 in
Provenance
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 2 July 1990, lot 78;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 2003, lot 57
sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 2003, lot 57
Condition
Hinge mounted in two places along the upper edge to a modern decorative mount. There is some minor staining to the extremities of the sheet and some small areas of purple staining to the upper right corner. The medium remains in reasonably good condition throughout. Sold unframed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This beautiful representation of a stag is, like the artist's other studies of animals, generally considered to be a late work from the period when Giandomenico was painting frescoes for the Villa Tiepolo-Duodo at Zianigo, near Padua. James Byam Shaw dates this work after Giandomenico's return from Spain in 1770, at which point, following Giambattista's death, the villa passed to Domenico and one of his sisters. One of the five overdoors on the second floor of the Villa, all of animal subjects, executed in a green ochre and white tonality, includes a herd of stags and deer (see J. Byam Shaw, 'The remaining Frescoes in the Villa Tiepolo at Zianigo', The Burlington Magazine, November 1959, pp.391-395, fig. 35). Giandomenico seems to have used a variety of sources for his drawings of animals. J. Byam Shaw has pointed out his debt to prints by Stefano della Bella as well as to one by Johann Elias Ridinger.1 1. J. Byam Shaw, The Drawings of Domenico Tiepolo, London 1962, pp.42-45