Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)

The head of a youth, in profile to the left

Details

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)
The head of a youth, in profile to the left
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
249 x 198 mm.

Provenance

Given by the artist to the Library of the Sommasco Convent, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice.
Count Leopoldo Cicognara.
Antonio Canova.
Monsignor Giovanni Battista Sartori-Canova.
Francesco Pesaro.
Edward Cheney, Badger Hall, Shropshire, by 1842, to his nephew,
Alfred Capel-Cure, Blake Hall, Essex; Sotheby's, 29 April 1885, part of lot 1024.
With E. Parsons, London.
With Richard Owen.
With the Saville Gallery, London, 1928.

Lot Essay

The drawing is from a series of imaginary heads probably executed as independent designs and not directly connected to paintings. Professor Knox dates these drawings to circa 1760, G. Knox, Tiepolo, A Bicentary Exhibition, 1770-1970, exhib. cat., Fogg Art Museum, 1970, under no. 93. A comparable drawing from this album was sold at Christie's London, 20 April 1993, lot 138.

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