Lot Essay
Two drawings from the same series and provenance were sold at Christie's New York from the Cabinet Italien on 28 January 1999, lots 12 and 13.
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The Holy Family resting by an urn
Details
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)
The Holy Family resting by an urn
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
10¾ x 7¾ in. (272 x 197 mm.)
The Holy Family resting by an urn
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
10¾ x 7¾ in. (272 x 197 mm.)
Provenance
Given by the artist to the Library of the Somasco 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, and to his nephew
Alfred Capel-Cure, Blake Hall, Essex; Sotheby's, 29 April 1885, part of lot 1024 (to Parsons).
with Andoga.
Andrea Federico Gentili di Giuseppe; Paris, 5 April 1938, lot 18 (4,300frs.).
Count Leopoldo Cicognara.
Antonio Canova.
Monsignor Giovanni Battista Sartori-Canova.
Francesco Pesaro.
Edward Cheney, Badger Hall, Shropshire, by 1842, and to his nephew
Alfred Capel-Cure, Blake Hall, Essex; Sotheby's, 29 April 1885, part of lot 1024 (to Parsons).
with Andoga.
Andrea Federico Gentili di Giuseppe; Paris, 5 April 1938, lot 18 (4,300frs.).
Literature
A.M. Brizio, 'Unpublished Drawings by G.B. Tiepolo', Old Master Drawings, VIII, September 1933, pp. 16-20, no. 3 (with incorrect measurements)