Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Standing Man Wearing A Cloak
ca. 1762-1764
Red chalk, with white chalk, on beige paper.
10 13/16 x 7 9/16 inches (279 x 192 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1983.61
Notes:
Although this drawing has not been connected to one of Tiepolo's known works, the style suggests that it dates to the beginning of his time in Spain.
Watermark: none.
Inscription on verso attributed by Janos Scholz to René de Cérenville (1875-1968).
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso, in graphite, "GB".
Provenance:
Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin, Switzerland; Dr. Ferdinand de Cérenville, Lausanne; René de Cérenville, Lausanne; Alfred Bovet, Switzerland?; Eugène Burnand, Sepey, Switzerland (no mark; see Lugt S. 314d); acquired in 1972 in Geneva by Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Cérenville, Ferdinand de, former owner.
Cérenville, René de, former owner.
Bovet, Alfred, b. 1859, former owner.
Burnand, Eugène, 1850-1921, former owner.
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Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 307.
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