Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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1696-1770

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on laid paper.

11 x 8 1/16 inches (279 x 205 mm)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1983.47

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Related to the painting "The Beheading of St. John the Baptist" in the Colleoni Chapel, Bergamo, of 1733, either as a preparatory study (Muraro, 1957) or a derivation, possibly by Giuseppe Antonio Petrini (1677-1757/58) as suggested by James Byam Shaw.
Formerly attributed to Petrini, Giuseppe Antonio, 1677-ca. 1755.
Watermark: Seven petaled flower on stem. Watermark, transmitted infrared, flower, seven petals, stem. 142823wm_1983_47_WM_transmIR.tiff

Inscription:

Inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "D.3."; at lower center, in pen and light blue ink, "N 315"; below this, in pen and brown ink, "Tiepolito"; on verso, in pen and brown ink, "Giovanni Battista Tiepolito // Giovanni Battista Tiepoleto".
Watermark: Possibly "AM" with trefoil on staff. Watermark on lining, at upper right of film, flower with stem and leaves.

Provenance:

Nathaniel Smith, London (Lugt 2298); Schaeffer Galleries, New York; from whom purchased in 1951 by Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).

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Petrini, Giuseppe Antonio, 1677-approximately 1755, Formerly attributed to.
Smith, Nathaniel, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Muraro, Michelangelo. Venetian Drawings from the Collection János Scholz. Venice : N. Pozza, 1957, no. 68, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 304.

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