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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Caricature of a Hunchback
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on paper.
6 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches (162 x 114 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1983.53
Notes: 

Watermark: none.

Inscription: 

Numbered on old mat, at upper right, in pen and brown ink, 14"; at lower left, in graphite, "10".

Provenance: 
Gustave Nebehay, Vienna; Dan Fellows Platt (Lugt S. 750a); E. Parsons and Son, London; Ferargil Galleries, New York, 1938; Janos Scholz (Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Nebehay, Gustave, former owner.
Platt, Dan Fellows, 1873-1938, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Muraro, Michelangelo. Venetian Drawings from the Collection Janos Scholz. Venice : N. Pozza, 1957, no. 71, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 305.

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Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista
School: 
Italian
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints