Lot Essay
This drawing is from a series of fantastic heads, probably drawn for their own sake, dated by Knox to the period 1742-57
Details
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)
Head of an Oriental, turned to the left
numbered '70'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
250 x 197mm.
Head of an Oriental, turned to the left
numbered '70'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
250 x 197mm.
Provenance
Library of the Somasco Convent at Santa Maria della Salute, Venice Leopoldo Cicognara
Antonio Canova
Monsignor Canova
Francesco Pesaro
Edward Cheney, Badger Hall; Sotheby's, 29 April 1885, part of lot 1024 Earl of Ranfurly
Richard Owen
Antonio Canova
Monsignor Canova
Francesco Pesaro
Edward Cheney, Badger Hall; Sotheby's, 29 April 1885, part of lot 1024 Earl of Ranfurly
Richard Owen