Old Master & British Works on Paper
Old Master & British Works on Paper
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Recto: Study for the Assumption of the Virgin Verso: Studies of Drapery and two legs
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July 8, 02:31 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Venice 1696 - 1770 Madrid
Recto: Study for the Assumption of the Virgin
Verso: Studies of Drapery and two legs
Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk (recto); Black chalk (verso)
264 by 333 mm
Private Collection, France;
with St. Luke's Gallery, Washington D.C., (as Venetian School, 18th Century), by 1993,
where acquired by Dr. John O'Brien (L.4230)
with St. Luke's Gallery, Washington D.C., (as Venetian School, 18th Century), by 1993,
where acquired by Dr. John O'Brien (L.4230)
B. Aikema, Tiepolo and His Circle, Drawings in American Collections, Cambridge and New York, 1996, p. 7, no. 4, p. 8, fig 1.;
G. Knox, '1996: The Tiepolo Year,' Kunstchronik, 50 (1997), p. 3 (illus);
K. Christiansen, Review of 'Tiepolo and his Circle,' Master Drawings, 35 (1997), p. 296;
B. Aikema, 'La Formazione artistica di Giovan Battista Tiepolo: I disegni,' in Giambattista Tiepolo nel terzo centenario della nascita, Venice, 1998, vol. 1, pp. 21-22, vol. 2, p. 13 figs. 1-2;
G. Knox, A Panorama of Tiepolo Drawings, s.1., 2008, p. 14, pl. 1
G. Knox, '1996: The Tiepolo Year,' Kunstchronik, 50 (1997), p. 3 (illus);
K. Christiansen, Review of 'Tiepolo and his Circle,' Master Drawings, 35 (1997), p. 296;
B. Aikema, 'La Formazione artistica di Giovan Battista Tiepolo: I disegni,' in Giambattista Tiepolo nel terzo centenario della nascita, Venice, 1998, vol. 1, pp. 21-22, vol. 2, p. 13 figs. 1-2;
G. Knox, A Panorama of Tiepolo Drawings, s.1., 2008, p. 14, pl. 1