Lot Essay
A study for the two figures on the right of The Ascension of Christ of around 1750 in the Virginia Academy of Fine Arts, Richmond, A. Morassi, The Complete Catalogue of the Paintings of G.B. Tiepolo, London, 1962, fig. 64, illustrated, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The picture is from a series of six, which Domenico was largely responsible for executing