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Three river Gods
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1696-1770
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Width: 27.5 cm
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In 1740, Tiepolo painted the ceiling of Palazzo Clerici’s main gallery in Milan. For this commission, he made a series of preparatory studies featuring river gods sitting or reclining on urns.
Tiepolo first established the composition in this drawing with light chalk lines, and then traced the figures’ fluid contours using the quill pen. Layers of brown wash define the light and shadow on the bodies of the deities, whose dishevelled hair and beards seem to flow as if they were underwater.
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Exhibition History
Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982-30/01/1983 ...More
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 19/06/1962-21/07/1962 ...Less
Literature
no. 381
pl. LXVIII
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 1962
cat. no. 20
pl. VI
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. 10 ...More
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Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “36 x 40 1/2”; lower centre edge, graphite: “55 49”; lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “D. 26089”; lower right corner, graphite: “8”.
Collector's mark: none.
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