Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727-1804)

Venus on a pedestal, a putto at her feet supporting drapery

Details

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727-1804)
Venus on a pedestal, a putto at her feet supporting drapery
signed 'Dom^o Tiepolo f.' and numbered '3'
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash
10 5/8 x 6 in. (27 x 15.2 cm.)

Provenance

B. Jolles (L. 381).
E. Sack (L. 903a).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 18 March 2004, lot 69, where acquired by the present owner.

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Kindly note that this lot is illustrated as lot 259 in the catalogue.

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Lot Essay

Similar in execution to a group of early drawings after garden statues, probably those at the Villa Cordellina at Monteghio Maggiore, which were also drawn by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. For examples of drawings from this series, see J. Bean and B. Griswold, Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, nos. 246-7.

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