Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804
The Circumcision of St. John the Baptist
Pen and red-brown ink and wash, over charcoal, on paper.
18 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches (476 x 368 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, in memory of Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann.
1996.105
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Watermark: Crescent moon with profile of human face. Watermark (infrared transmitted): crescent moon, face. 142906wm_1996_105_WM_transmIR
Inscription:
Signed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Dom.o [o superscript above period] Tiepolo f".
Provenance:
Victor Luzarche, Tours; Roger Cormier, Tours; sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 30 April 1921, lot 3; Prince Wladimir Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff, Paris (Lugt S. 2602d); his sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 July 1923, lot 19, repr; Duke of Treviso; Tomas Harris, London; Dr. Rudolf J. and Lore Heinemann, New York.
Associated names:
Luzarche, Victor, former owner.
Cormier, Roger, former owner.
Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff, W., Prince, former owner.
Treviso, Duke of, former owner.
Harris, Tomás, 1908-1964, former owner.
Heinemann, Rudolf J., former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, former owner.
Bibliography:
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Lore and Rudolf Heinemann. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 102, repr.
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