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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Boy Holding an Object with his Right Hand
ca. 1745
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk on laid paper.
1 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches (47 x 83 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 110a
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Preparatory for the fresco of Fame Heralding the Arrival of Henry III of ca. 1745, now in the Musee Jacquemart-Andre', Paris, but originally a ceiling in the Villa Contarini-Pisani, Mira.
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".
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Count Algarotti-Corniani.
Associated names:
Algarotti-Corniani, Count, former owner.
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