Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Virgin and Child in the Clouds
3 5/16 x 2 7/8 inches (84 x 73 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on laid paper.
1987.79
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Drawing is on verso of a fragment of a letter in pen and brown ink. According to Janos Scholz the letter is autograph of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso of old paper mount, in pen and brown ink, "A".
Associated names
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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