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Two Female Figures, One Winged Enthroned on Clouds, Putti Below

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770

Two Female Figures, One Winged Enthroned on Clouds, Putti Below

6 15/16 x 8 7/16 inches (176 x 215 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash over black chalk, on paper.
IV, 103

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
One of a series of 108 drawings by Giambattista Tiepolo from an album bearing the title, "TIEPOLO DESSINS ORIGINAUX", inscribed by Edward Cheney, "E.C. Venice 1852 May 31 / bought from the Conte Corniani Algarotti".
Lent to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb 3- March 6, 1938.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Letters "BA" below circle on a stick.
Associated names
Algarotti, Francesco, conte, 1712-1764, former owner.
Algarotti, Bonomo, 1706-1776, former owner.
Algarotti-Corniani, Maria, former owner.
Corniani, Bernardino conte, former owner.
Cheney, Edward, 1803-1884, former owner.
Cure, Alfred Capel, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 103.
George Knox, Catalogue of the Tiepolo Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1960 (Knox links this study to "Triumph of Light over Darkness").
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department