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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Study after Alessandro Vittoria's Bust of Jacopo Palma il Giovane
Red and white chalk, on blue paper.
9 11/16 x 7 1/8 inches (246 x 181 mm)
Purchase.
1977.3
Notes: 

Watermark: none.

Inscription: 

Inscribed at upper right, in pen and brown ink, "Tiepol".

Provenance: 
Schaeffer Galleries, New York; from whom purchased in 1962 by János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names: 

Vittoria, Alessandro, 1525-1608.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 293.
Aikema, Bernard. Tiepolo and His Circle : Drawings in American Collections. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Art Museum ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1996, no. 96, repr.

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