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

An Oriental holding an Eagle, and a subsidiary study of a head and a leg

Details
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo* (1727-1804)
An Oriental holding an Eagle, and a subsidiary study of a head and a leg
brush and brown ink
11.7/8 x 8.1/8 in. (302 x 207 mm.)
Provenance
with J. Bhler, Munich.

Lot Essay

A drawing of similar subject and technique was in the Paul Wallraf collection, A. Morassi, Disegni Veneti del Settecento nella collezione Paul Wallraf, exhib. cat., Cini Foundation, Venice, 1959, no. 94, illustrated. Comparable brush drawings were sold in the Orloff sale, Paris, 29-30 April 1920, lot 77 and at at Christie's London, 2 July 1991, lot 129 and 20 April 1993, lot 148.