Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)

Two priests, one in profile to the left and another seen from behind

Details

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)
Two priests, one in profile to the left and another seen from behind
pen and brown ink, grey-brown wash, octagonal
188 x 130 mm.

Provenance

Probably Lauro Bernardino Coriani de'Conti d'Algarotti.
Probably Breadalbane family, Langton House, Berwickshire; Dowel's, Edinburgh, 25 March 1925, part of lot 1004.
John Grant.
Arthur Kay; Christie's, 9 April 1943, part of lot 243.

Lot Essay

Similar to the two figures in the foreground of The council in the arena in the Museo Civico, Udine, A. Rizzi, Mostra del Tiepolo, exhib. cat., Udine, 1971, no. 56. The picture depicts the council of the Order of Malta that took place in September 1748. The painting is a product of collaboration between Giovanni Battista and his son Domenico.

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