Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The Head of St. Peter

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770

The Head of St. Peter

8 1/16 x 6 5/8 inches (204 x 168 mm)
Red chalk, with white chalk, over black chalk, on blue paper.
1983.60

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
A study for a "Last Supper" in the Paris Church at Desenzano.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, in pen and brown ink, "X rs 36. No 3245".
Watermark: Coat of arms with letters "PA/FW".
Associated names
Bossi, Johann Dominik, 1767-1853, former owner.
Bossi, Maria Theresa Caroline, 1825-1881, former owner.
Beyerlen, Carl Christian Friedrich, 1826-1881, former owner.
Eisenmann, O. (Oskar), 1842-1933, former owner.
Lübke, Wilhelm, 1826-1893, former owner.
Wendland, Hans, former owner.
Nebehay, Gustave, former owner.
Berton, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 306-307.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department