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Zephyr and Flora

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770

Zephyr and Flora

11 11/16 x 10 3/4 inches (298 x 273 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on laid paper.
IV, 109

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".
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Trefoil on stem below, letters "PA" (see watermark no. 32).
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, 109.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings from New York Collections III, The 18th Century in Italy, 1971, p. 56, no. 116.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department