Magician (?) surrounded by a group of boys
Maker
(artist)
1696-1770
1696-1770
Title
Magician (?) surrounded by a group of boys
Date of Production
1745 - 1749
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Width: 16 cm
Width: 16 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.155
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
anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 2 July 1952, lot 23 (as 'Miracle of Saint Peter'); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978) (£36); 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
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 155
pl. CXV
Knox, George, Catalogue of the Tiepolo Drawings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2nd ed. 1975
under no. 201
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. 15
no. 155
pl. CXV
Knox, George, Catalogue of the Tiepolo Drawings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2nd ed. 1975
under no. 201
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. 15
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to see through the thick backing sheet.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “2”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “2”.
Collector's mark: none.
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