Lot Essay
George Knox has kindly confirmed the attribution
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1727-1804)
Details
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1727-1804)
Studies of a Nude and of the Head of the same Model (recto); A reclining Nude (verso)
red and white chalk, on blue paper, upper right corner made up
306 x 470mm.
Studies of a Nude and of the Head of the same Model (recto); A reclining Nude (verso)
red and white chalk, on blue paper, upper right corner made up
306 x 470mm.
Provenance
Giovanni Domenico Bossi, and by descent to Maria Theresa Karoline Bossi, associated price code '773/N. 2212.-X..'
Karl Christian Friedrich Beyerlen; H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 27-8 March 1882
Dr. Leo Baer; Weil, Geneva, 1935, lot 58
Karl Christian Friedrich Beyerlen; H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 27-8 March 1882
Dr. Leo Baer; Weil, Geneva, 1935, lot 58
Literature
Schwarzenski, Handzeichnungen Alter Meister am Deutschen Privatbesitz, Frankfurt, 1924, no. 62
G. Knox, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo, A Study and Catalogue Raisonné of the Chalk Drawings, Oxford, 1980, p. 210, no. M.10
G. Knox, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo, A Study and Catalogue Raisonné of the Chalk Drawings, Oxford, 1980, p. 210, no. M.10