GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO* (1727-1804)

THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN

Details

GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO* (1727-1804)

NESSUS AND DEIANEIRA, WITH A SATYR AND ANOTHER FIGURE

SIGNED 'DOM TIEPOLO'; PEN AND BROWN INK, BROWN AND GREY WASH, LOWER CORNERS MADE UP
8 7/8 X 11¾IN. (225 X 300MM.)

Provenance

LINET SALE, PARIS, 15-6 MAY 1963
R. V. COLLECTION

Literature

J. CAILLEUX, CENTAURS, FAUNS, FEMALE FAUNS AND SATYRS AMONG THE DRAWINGS OF DOMENICO TIEPOLO, BURLINGTON MAGAZINE, CXVI, 1974, PP. I-XXVIII, ILLUSTRATED FIG. 31

Exhibited

TORONTO, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO AND NEW YORK, PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY, ITALIAN DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DUKE ROBERT FERRETTI, 1985-6, NO. 63

Lot Essay

JAMES BYAM SHAW CHARACTERISED THE SERIES OF SATYR DRAWINGS AS 'PERHAPS THE MOST CHARMING AND ORIGINAL OF ALL DOMENICO'S DRAWINGS', J. BYAM SHAW AND G. KNOX, THE ROBERT LEHMAN COLLECTION VI, ITALIAN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DRAWINGS, NEW YORK, 1987, P. 171. THE DRAWINGS PROBABLY PRODUCED AS INDEPENDENT WORKS OF ART BETWEEN 1771 AND 1791, WERE DISCUSSED BY JEAN CAILLEUX IN CENTAURS, FAUNS, FEMALE FAUNS AND SATYRS AMONG THE DRAWINGS OF DOMENICO TIEPOLO, THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE, CXVI, 1974, PP. I-XXVIII