Angels and putti in clouds

Domenico Tiepolo was a prolific draftsman and among his most charming drawings are the many studies of angels and cher­ubs in flight. Many of these drawings are known and none of them appears to tell a specific story or to relate to a painted decoration. A large group of drawings of this subject was, together with the present one, in an album from Earl Beauchamp’s collection dispersed at auction in 1965 (Christie’s, London, 15 June 1965).