Angels on clouds
Maker
Copy after
(Artists)
1727-1804
Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1696-1770
(Artists)
1727-1804
Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1696-1770
Title
Angels on clouds
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 46 cm
Width: 32.3 cm
Width: 32.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3559
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
unidentified collector, L.521a; Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 332; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 16 May 1944 (£8); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Tiepolo and his circle: drawings in American collections, Harvard University Art Museum; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1996-1997, 1996
p. 278 under no. 102
Knox, George, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo: a study and catalogue raisonné of the chalk drawings, Oxford 1980
no. M.164
p. 278 under no. 102
Knox, George, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo: a study and catalogue raisonné of the chalk drawings, Oxford 1980
no. M.164
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, upper left corner, upside down: single-line letters “AS” (similar to Heawood 3084 except the “A” terminates in circles rather than curlicues - Italy? No date).
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A2720”; upper right, graphite: “25”; upper centre, blue crayon: “332”; centre, graphite: “Caen”; right of centre, graphite: “T”; right centre edge, graphite, unclear: “Murolino [?] / C. Tendim[...]”; lower right, graphite: “minio”; lower left, graphite: “azuro / remnen[?]”; lower left corner, graphite: “22x”; lower centre edge, graphite: “11”; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number erased: “A.2720”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in purple ink: unidentified collector’s mark (L.521a).
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A2720”; upper right, graphite: “25”; upper centre, blue crayon: “332”; centre, graphite: “Caen”; right of centre, graphite: “T”; right centre edge, graphite, unclear: “Murolino [?] / C. Tendim[...]”; lower right, graphite: “minio”; lower left, graphite: “azuro / remnen[?]”; lower left corner, graphite: “22x”; lower centre edge, graphite: “11”; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number erased: “A.2720”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in purple ink: unidentified collector’s mark (L.521a).
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