Hollyhock plant
Maker
(artist)
1727-1804
1727-1804
Title
Hollyhock plant
Medium
black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.9 cm
Width: 16.7 cm
Width: 16.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.165
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
Hollyhocks
Provenance
acquired by Colnaghi (London) between May and September 1934; Mrs Clive Pascall; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 23 May 1951, lot 39; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978) (£18); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Literature
Knox, George, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo: a study and catalogue raisonné of the chalk drawings, Oxford 1980
no. M.292
Knox, George, 'The Tasso Cycles of Giambattista Tiepolo and Gianantonio Guardi' in 'The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies', 1978 - pp. 49ff; 9
ill.
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 165 ...More
Byam Shaw, James, The drawings of Domenico Tiepolo, London 1962
p. 64n1
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 165
pl. CXXVI ...Less
no. M.292
Knox, George, 'The Tasso Cycles of Giambattista Tiepolo and Gianantonio Guardi' in 'The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies', 1978 - pp. 49ff; 9
ill.
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 165 ...More
Byam Shaw, James, The drawings of Domenico Tiepolo, London 1962
p. 64n1
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 165
pl. CXXVI ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Recto, lower left corner: a sceptre topped by a spade and crescent, flanked by an “I” terminating in circles and “P” (not found in Heawood).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist? (described as a 'peculiar' signature by Knox): “Domo Tiepolo”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 7052 / C/-/-”; upper right corner, graphite, number circled: “3 / E/-/-”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist? (described as a 'peculiar' signature by Knox): “Domo Tiepolo”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 7052 / C/-/-”; upper right corner, graphite, number circled: “3 / E/-/-”.
Collector's mark: none.
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