Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo* (1727-1804)

A View of the Lagoon with three Figures by a House, Venice in the background

Details

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo* (1727-1804)
A View of the Lagoon with three Figures by a House, Venice in the background
pen and brown ink, brown wash
4 x 5 in. (117 x 144 mm.)

Provenance

Probably with Parsons and Sons, London.
Duc de Talleyrand.

Literature

A. Morassi, Dessins vnetiens du dix-huitime sicle de la collection du duc de Talleyrand, Milan, 1958, no. 70, illustrated (as attributed to Francesco Guardi).
A. Morassi, Guardi, tutti i disegni, Venice, 1975, no. 601, illustrated.

Lot Essay

The attribution to Domenico has been suggested by George Knox who in a letter of October 1995 states 'In these drawings the design is firmly 'grounded': it does not float like an arabesque as it does in the most typical drawings of Giambattista'. The present sheet can been compared with The View with a Horse and Carriage on a Mountain Road, A. Seilern, Recent acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, 1971, vol VI, no. 401, pl. XI.
An attribution to Alessio de Marchis has also been suggested.