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The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

11 x 8 1/16 inches (279 x 205 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on laid paper.
1983.47

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Related to the painting "The Beheading of St. John the Baptist" in the Colleoni Chapel, Bergamo, of 1733, either as a preparatory study (Muraro, 1957) or a derivation, possibly by Giuseppe Antonio Petrini (1677-1757/58) as suggested by James Byam Shaw.
Formerly attributed to Petrini, Giuseppe Antonio, 1677-ca. 1755.
Watermark: Seven petaled flower on stem. Watermark, transmitted infrared, flower, seven petals, stem. 142823wm_1983_47_WM_transmIR.tiff
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "D.3."; at lower center, in pen and light blue ink, "N 315"; below this, in pen and brown ink, "Tiepolito"; on verso, in pen and brown ink, "Giovanni Battista Tiepolito // Giovanni Battista Tiepoleto".
Watermark: Possibly "AM" with trefoil on staff. Watermark on lining, at upper right of film, flower with stem and leaves.
Associated names
Petrini, Giuseppe Antonio, 1677-approximately 1755, Formerly attributed to.
Smith, Nathaniel, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Muraro, Michelangelo. Venetian Drawings from the Collection János Scholz. Venice : N. Pozza, 1957, no. 68, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 304.
Classification
Drawing
Century Drawings
18th century
School
Italian
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Department
Drawings and Prints