Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804
Two Dogs with Curling Tails
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; extraneous spots of blue-green watercolor.
11 x 6 7/8 inches (280 x 175 mm)
Gift of Lore Heinemann, in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann.
1997.71
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Signed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Dom Tiepolo f".
Watermark: Letters "GB' over 'R".

Provenance: 
Henry S. Reitlinger, London (Lugt S. 2274a); his sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 December 1953, lot 102; Dr. Rudolf J. and Lore Heinemann, New York.
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Associated names: 

Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 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. 119, repr.

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