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Studies of groups and figures (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1727-1804

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1696-1770

Title

Studies of groups and figures (recto)

Date of Production

(circa) 1755 - 1760

Medium

pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on laid paper, the upper left corner made up, in a window support

Dimensions

Height: 28 cm
Width: 20.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.164

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

Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); his anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 2 November 1949, lot 38 (as by Giovanni Battista); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978) (£50); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Literature

Knox, George, Catalogue of the Tiepolo Drawings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2nd ed. 1975
under no. 55

Byam Shaw, James, The drawings of Domenico Tiepolo, London 1962
p. 47 and cf p. 29n2

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 164
pls. CXXIV, CXXV

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper right corner: single-line letter, “C”? Difficult to discern.

Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, brown ink, underlined: “C 15.”; lower left corner, brown ink: “Giovani Battista Tiepoleto”; lower centre edge, graphite: “Tiepolo.”; lower right, brown ink: “auf.o L. 13”. Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “4”.

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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