King kneeling
Maker
(artist)
1727-1804
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1696-1770
1727-1804
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1696-1770
Title
King kneeling
Date of Production
c. 1753-1754
Medium
red and white chalk with stumping on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 31.1 cm
Width: 22.6 cm
Width: 22.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.167
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 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; consigned by Nebehay (Vienna) to Gilhofer & Ranschburg (Lucerne), 28 June 1934, lot 294; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
See Brief Description for further notes regarding the provenance.
See Brief Description for further notes regarding the provenance.
Exhibition History
The Value of Art, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/06/1999-30/08/1999
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection B), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 29/01/1982-25/07/1982
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection B), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 29/01/1982-25/07/1982
Literature
The Value of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999
Pedrocco, Filippo, I disegni di Giandomenico Tiepolo, Milan 1990
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection B), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1982
cat. no. 183 ...More
Knox, George, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo: a study and catalogue raisonné of the chalk drawings, Oxford 1980
no. M.293
Byam Shaw, James, The drawings of Domenico Tiepolo, London 1962
no. 4 and p. 24
fig. 4
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 167
pl. CXXVIII
Alte Pinakothek, Ältere Pinakothek München: amtlicher Katalog, Munich 1936
p. 258 under no. 1159 ...Less
Pedrocco, Filippo, I disegni di Giandomenico Tiepolo, Milan 1990
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection B), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1982
cat. no. 183 ...More
Knox, George, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo: a study and catalogue raisonné of the chalk drawings, Oxford 1980
no. M.293
Byam Shaw, James, The drawings of Domenico Tiepolo, London 1962
no. 4 and p. 24
fig. 4
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 167
pl. CXXVIII
Alte Pinakothek, Ältere Pinakothek München: amtlicher Katalog, Munich 1936
p. 258 under no. 1159 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: upper centre, difficult to see: single-line letter "A" terminating in circles (see tracing in file).
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “48 XXIV / [arrow] 11[...]”; upper right corner, graphite, unclear, second two lines crossed through: “B. Münstion [?] Sack SIDE / Sei[...] / [...]“; lower left, graphite, underlined: “1369” [suggested in Knox 1980 to be related to the lot in the 1882 Bossi-Beyerlen sale]; lower centre edge, brown ink: “f. L. C. M. No. 3393.” [currency in florins, found only on Bossi-Beyerlen drawings and suggested by Knox 1980 to be Domenico’s own code]; lower right corner, graphite: “I / N 2”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “48 XXIV / [arrow] 11[...]”; upper right corner, graphite, unclear, second two lines crossed through: “B. Münstion [?] Sack SIDE / Sei[...] / [...]“; lower left, graphite, underlined: “1369” [suggested in Knox 1980 to be related to the lot in the 1882 Bossi-Beyerlen sale]; lower centre edge, brown ink: “f. L. C. M. No. 3393.” [currency in florins, found only on Bossi-Beyerlen drawings and suggested by Knox 1980 to be Domenico’s own code]; lower right corner, graphite: “I / N 2”.
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