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Study of a young man standing, carrying a sword and cloths

Maker

(artist)
1696-1770

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1751 - 1753

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.2 cm
Width: 19 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.385

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

probably mounted by the artist in an album and given to his son, Giuseppe Tiepolo, friar in the convent of the Somaschi, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1762; kept in convent of the Somaschi until its suppression, 1810; possibly acquired there by Count Bernardino Algarotti-Corniani; purchased from him by Edward Cheney, Badger Hall (1803-1885), in Venice, 31 May 1852; by descent to Colonel Alfred Capel Cure, Blake Hall, Ongar, Essex, (1826-1896); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 29 April 1885, lot 1024; purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); possibly acquired in Dublin by William Fagg, Sydenham; possibly B.T. Batsford (London)'s sale, Christie's (London), 14 July 1914, lot 49 (part of the 'Sole Figure Vestite' album); purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Dan Fellows Platt, New Jersey (1873-1937), 1923; purchased from him by Harry Sperling; Mrs Patrick B. McGinnis, New York; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 21 October 1963, lot 166; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978) (£1,100); 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. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 385
pl. LXXII

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. 16

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left: single-line letter “L” terminating in circles (not found in Heawood).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, grey ink: “88” (similar to the inscription on D.1978.PG.154). Verso: lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “D26938”; lower right corner, graphite, underlined: “20”.

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