Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid)

The head of a woman

Details

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid)
The head of a woman
red and white chalk on blue paper
9¾ x 6 7/8 in. (24.8 x 17.8 cm.)

Provenance

Giovanni Domenico Bossi, with associated price code '48. No. 3201' and '728' (verso), and by descent to
Maria Theresa Karoline Bossi.
Karl Christian Friedrich Beyerlen; H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 27-8 March 1882.
Dr Hans Wendland.
with A. and R. Ball, New York.

Literature

G. Knox, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo: A Study and Catalogue Raisonné of the Chalk Drawings, Oxford, 1980, no. M.661.

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Lot Essay

Professor George Knox confirmed the attribution to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, first given in his 1980 book, in a letter to a previous owner dated 14 July 1998. He once again suggested that it may be a study after an antique sculpture.

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