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Two Winged Putti (?)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770

Two Winged Putti (?)

3 7/16 x 5 1/4 inches (87 x 133 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash over graphite, on paper.
IV, 111c

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
George Knox, "The Tasso Cycles of Giambattista Tiepolo and Gianantonio Guardi", in Museum Studies of the Art Institute of Chicago, 9, 1978, p.79.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department