Allegory of Hope
Maker
(artist)
1696-1770
1696-1770
Title
Allegory of Hope
Date of Production
c. 1730-1732
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.6 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.150
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
possibly given by the artist’s son Domenico to Johann Dominik Bossi, Munich (1767-1853); by descent to his daughter Maria Theresa Caroline (1825-1881) and her husband, Carl Christian Friedrich Beyerlen (1826-1881); their estate sale, H.G. Gutekunst (Stuttgart), 27 March 1882; a 'foreign nobleman', possibly Prince Trivulzio, whose property was consigned by Pollak and Winternitz (Vienna) to Sotheby's (London), 13 July 1937, lot 52; purchased there by Dr Alfred Scharf, London (1900-1965), presumably on behalf of Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982-30/01/1983
Literature
Loggia del Lionello, Udine, 1965, Disegni del Tiepolo, 1965
p. 65 under no. 19
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 150
pl. CX
Tiepolo: Zeichnungen von Giambattista, Domenico und Lorenzo Tiepolo, Graphische Sammlung Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 1970, 1970
p. 18 under no. 6 ...More
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 150
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
cat. no. no. 3 ...Less
p. 65 under no. 19
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 150
pl. CX
Tiepolo: Zeichnungen von Giambattista, Domenico und Lorenzo Tiepolo, Graphische Sammlung Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 1970, 1970
p. 18 under no. 6 ...More
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 150
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
cat. no. no. 3 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, graphite: “La Speranza”. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “498” [suggested in Knox 1980 to be related to the lot in the 1882 Bossi-Beyerlen sale]; lower left corner, brown ink, crossed out in brown ink: “f. 2. 30. x” [value in florins]; lower centre edge, brown ink: “No. 3614. Xrs. 24.” [value in Austrian kreutzers, written “Xrs”, found only on Bossi-Beyerlen drawings and suggested by Knox 1980 to be Domenico’s own code] .
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, graphite: “La Speranza”. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “498” [suggested in Knox 1980 to be related to the lot in the 1882 Bossi-Beyerlen sale]; lower left corner, brown ink, crossed out in brown ink: “f. 2. 30. x” [value in florins]; lower centre edge, brown ink: “No. 3614. Xrs. 24.” [value in Austrian kreutzers, written “Xrs”, found only on Bossi-Beyerlen drawings and suggested by Knox 1980 to be Domenico’s own code] .
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