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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
A Man Being Led into Prison. Verso: Joachim and the Angel
Pen and brown ink, with brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on paper; verso: pen and brown ink, with brown wash.
16 1/16 x 11 1/16 inches (409 x 282 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1979.61
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Watermark: Possibly "AM" with trefoil on stick.
Preparatory study for the altarpiece "Education of the Virgin", in the church of Santa Maria della Fava, Venice, completed in 1732.
Provenance:
János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography:
Scholz, Janos. Italian Master Drawings, 1350-1800, from the János Scholz Collection. New York : Dover, 1976, no. 134, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 219.
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