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Harvesters with Rakes and a Sieve

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770

Harvesters with Rakes and a Sieve

8 7/8 x 10 15/16 inches (222 x 277 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over charcoal, on paper.
IV, 117b

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".
Watermark: none.
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
Benesch, Venetian Drawings, no. 29, repr.
Arthur Millier, The Drawings of Tiepolo, Los Angeles, 1956, p. 45.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings from New York Collections III, The 18th Century in Italy, 1971, p. 56, no. 114, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department