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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Seated Male Nude. Verso: slight sketch of same figure
1717-1718
Black chalk on paper.
23 3/4 x 17 3/16 inches (605 x 435 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1983.42
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Watermark: Trefoil with stick above initials "AP".

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Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin, Switzerland; Dr. Ferdinand de Cérenville, Lausanne; acquired in 1973 in Aubonne by Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
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Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Cérenville, Ferdinand de, former owner.
Scholz, Janos, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 303-304.
Aikema, Bernard. Tiepolo and His Circle : Drawings in American Collections. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Art Museum ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1996, no. 3, repr.

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