Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804
Announcement of the Birth of St. John the Baptist to Zacharias
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
18 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches (476 x 367 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, in memory of Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann.
1996.103
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Signed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Domo Tiepolo f."
Watermark: Bow and arrow with letters "AM" below.

Provenance: 
Luzarche, Tours; Roger Cormier, Tours; his sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 30 April 1921, lot 13; Duc de Trévise; sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 20 May 1935, lot 181; Tomas Harris, London; Dr. Rudolf J. and Lore Heinemann, New York.
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Luzarche, Victor, 1805-1889, former owner.
Cormier, Roger, former owner.
Trévise, Duc de, former owner.
Harris, Tomás, 1908-1964, former owner.
Heinemann, Rudolf J., former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Lore and Rudolf Heinemann. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 101, repr.

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