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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804
St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Pen and brown ink and wash, black wash,over charcoal on paper.
18 1/4 x 14 3/8 inches (464 x 365 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 151a
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Watermark: Open crown over letters "RGA".
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Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
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Not in Fairfax Murray catalog.
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Associated names:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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