Lot Essay
Dated by Professor George Knox to before 1750, this drawing recalls some of Giovanni Battista's Scherzi etchings, A. Rizzi, The Etchings of the Tiepolos, London, 1971, nos. 7 and 11.
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Studies of Heads and a Woman in Prayer
Details
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo* (1727-1804)
Studies of Heads and a Woman in Prayer
drawn on the reverse of a cover addressed 'Al Ill Sig Pron:e Colm:mo L Ill sig gio Batta:ta Tieplo S:Fosca. Venezia' and with inscriptions 'Tiepolo' and '84' (recto)
pen and brown ink
7.3/8 x 10.7/8 in. (186 x 276 mm.)
Studies of Heads and a Woman in Prayer
drawn on the reverse of a cover addressed 'Al Ill Sig Pron:
pen and brown ink
7.3/8 x 10.7/8 in. (186 x 276 mm.)
Provenance
Mrs. F.M. Humphreys; Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1972, lot 62 (800).