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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Two heads of angels and a study of a hand. Verso: Detail for a Ceiling Painting Showing Cherubs in Clouds
Black chalk on light brown laid paper with four deckle edges; verso: pen and brown ink, over black chalk, with white chalk.
17 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches (440 x 292 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz.
1987.80
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Inscription on verso attributed by Janos Scholz to Réne de Cérenville (1875-1968).

Inscription: 

Inscribed on verso, in graphite, "G.B. [underlined]".

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

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