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Magician (?) surrounded by a group of boys

Maker

(artist)
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

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to see through the thick backing sheet.

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “2”.

Collector's mark: none.

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