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

Kneeling Figures blessed by a Priest by the Gate of a House

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo* (1727-1804)
Kneeling Figures blessed by a Priest by the Gate of a House
with inscription 'Domc: Tiepolo'
quill and black ink on ledger paper, watermark double-headed eagle
9.7/8 x 14 in. (251 x 362 mm.)

Lot Essay

Two drawings of similar subject and technique were formerly in the collection of Paul Wallraf, A. Morassi, Disegni Veneti del Settecento nella collezione Paul Wallraf, exhib. cat., Cini Foundation, Venice, 1959, nos. 91-2, illustrated. Morassi dated these drawings to early in the artist's career, 1740-5.
The attribution has been confirmed by Professor George Knox.