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Two heads of angels and a study of a hand. Verso: Detail for a Ceiling Painting Showing Cherubs in Clouds

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770

Two heads of angels and a study of a hand. Verso: Detail for a Ceiling Painting Showing Cherubs in Clouds

17 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches (440 x 292 mm)
Black chalk on light brown laid paper with four deckle edges; verso: pen and brown ink, over black chalk, with white chalk.
1987.80

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Inscription on verso attributed by Janos Scholz to Réne de Cérenville (1875-1968).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, in graphite, "G.B. [underlined]".
Associated names
St.-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Cerenville, Ferdinand de, former owner.
Cérenville, René de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department