Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Head of a Woman
11 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches (290 x 212 mm)
Red chalk, with white chalk, on blue paper.
1983.48
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Inscription on verso attributed by János Scholz to René de Cérenville (1875-1968).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, in pencil, "G.B."
Watermark: Six petaled flower with stem and leaf (similar to Briquet 6394).
Watermark: Six petaled flower with stem and leaf (similar to Briquet 6394).
Associated names
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 304.
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Century Drawings
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