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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804
Assumption of the Virgin
Pen and black ink and wash, on blued paper.
10 1/8 x 7 3/8 inches (257 x 187 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 151c
Notes: 

On same mat as IV, 151d; not in Fairfax Murray catalog.

Inscription: 

Signed at lower right, in pen and black ink, "Dom.o [o in superscript above period] Tiepolo f."

Provenance: 
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names: 

Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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