Lot Essay
Presumably a study for a decoration on a ceiling. Professor George Knox suggested a date of around 1740
Details
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)
A winged Deity and other Figures in the Clouds
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
293 x 210mm.
A winged Deity and other Figures in the Clouds
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
293 x 210mm.
Provenance
Drury
Tomás Harris; Sotheby's, 25 March 1965, lot 152, illustrated (#2,800 to Hallsborough)
Anon. sale, Christie's, 8 Dec. 1981, lot 46, illustrated (#16,500)
Tomás Harris; Sotheby's, 25 March 1965, lot 152, illustrated (#2,800 to Hallsborough)
Anon. sale, Christie's, 8 Dec. 1981, lot 46, illustrated (#16,500)
Exhibited
Toronto, The Art Gallery of Ontario and New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, Italian Drawings from the collection of Duke Roberto Ferretti, 1985-6, no. 57, illustrated