Cupid with amorini and a flaming torch amongst the clouds

Details

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727-1804)
Cupid with amorini and a flaming torch amongst the clouds
signed 'Dom^o Tiepolo f.' and numbered '57' (on an attached sheet)
pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash
7¾ x 11 3/8 in. (19.5 x 29 cm.)

Provenance

Horace Walpole.
Earl Beauchamp; Christie's, London, 30 November 1965, lot 117, illustrated.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 1999, lot 69 (with incorrect lot number given in provenance for Beauchamp sale).

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Lot Essay

The present drawing once formed part of the celebrated Beauchamp album, which contained more than 160 drawings of mythological and religious subjects by Giandomenico, and which may have been originally assembled by his uncle Francesco Guardi. The album is particularly known for its series of delightful drawings of angels and amorini, which do not seem to have been studies for any particular commission, but rather a series of lighthearted variations on a single theme.

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