From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings
From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Head of a Madonna
Auction Closed
January 27, 09:35 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Venice 1696 - 1770 Madrid
Head of a Madonna
Point of the brush and red wash over traces of red chalk on pale yellowish paper
244 by 174 mm; 9 5/8 by 6 7/8 in
Probably Library of the Somasco Convent, S. Maria della Salute, Venice;
Count Leopoldo Cicognara;
Antonio Canova;
by inheritance to his half-brother, Monsignor Giovanni Battista Sartori-Canova;
Francesco Pesaro;
by whom sold to Col. Edward Cheney, Badger Hall, Shropshire;
by inheritance to his brother-in-law, Col. Alfred Capel-Cure, Blake Hall,
sale, London, Sotheby's, 29 April 1885 (part of lot 1024), to E. Parsons and Sons, London;
Earl of Ranfurly;
with P.& D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd.;
with Richard Owen;
sale, New York, Sotheby's, 16 January 1986, lot 157,
where acquired
Count Leopoldo Cicognara;
Antonio Canova;
by inheritance to his half-brother, Monsignor Giovanni Battista Sartori-Canova;
Francesco Pesaro;
by whom sold to Col. Edward Cheney, Badger Hall, Shropshire;
by inheritance to his brother-in-law, Col. Alfred Capel-Cure, Blake Hall,
sale, London, Sotheby's, 29 April 1885 (part of lot 1024), to E. Parsons and Sons, London;
Earl of Ranfurly;
with P.& D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd.;
with Richard Owen;
sale, New York, Sotheby's, 16 January 1986, lot 157,
where acquired