Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804)
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804)

Neptune, Amphitrite and Time with a nereid

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804)
Neptune, Amphitrite and Time with a nereid
signed 'Dom° Tiepolo f'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
7½ x 107/8 in. (190 x 275 mm.)
Provenance
Miss E. Wensley; Christie's, 14 December 1964, lot 13 (800 gns. to Colnaghi).
with P. & D. Colnaghi.

Lot Essay

As described in the Colnaghi catalogue, no doubt by James Byam Shaw, this is 'An excellent example of Domenico Tiepolo, in the style of the series of drawings of satyrs and centaurs, but not belonging to any of the familiar categories', Old Master Drawings, June-July 1965, no. 22, pl. VII.

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