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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Reclining Female Faun. Verso: Sketches of a male faun and other figures
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; verso: black chalk.
6 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (165 x 260 mm)
Gift of Lore Heinemann, in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann.
1997.44
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Inscribed along right margin, apparently in the artist's hand, in pen and brown ink, "anco questa variar".

Provenance: 
Dr. Rudolf J. and Lore Heinemann, New York.
Bibliography: 

Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Lore and Rudolf Heinemann. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 53, repr.

Associated names: 

Heinemann, Rudolf J., former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, former owner.

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