God the Father surrounded by angels and putti in clouds

Details

GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO (VENICE 1727-1804)
Tiepolo, G.D.
God the Father surrounded by angels and putti in clouds
signed ‘Dom.o Tiepolo f.’ (lower right)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark shield with letters ‘WG’
10 ¾ x 7 5/8 in. (27.3 x 19.4 cm)

Provenance

with Trinity Fine Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 1 July 1986, lot 101.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 11 January 1994, lot 244.

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Lot Essay

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo drew several series of drawings which repeat a single theme in many different variations. The present drawing is part of the series representing God the Father in the clouds supported by angels and cherubs. According to the old numbering, which often appears near the top left corner of the sheets, over one hundred drawings were part of this series (J. Byam Shaw, The Drawings of Domenico Tiepolo, London, 1962, p. 32). Among drawings with a similar composition is one at the Art Institute of Chicago (inv. 1926.444; for this and other drawings in the series, see C. Fischer, Venetian Drawings. Italian Drawings in the Royal Collection of Graphic Art, Copenhagen, 2018, p. 239, under no. 163).

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