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Youth Seen Behind a Parapet with his Left Arm Raised

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770

Youth Seen Behind a Parapet with his Left Arm Raised

ca. 1745
3 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches (89 x 85 mm)
Pen and brown ink over back chalk, on paper.
IV, 123d

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".
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.
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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department