Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Man in a Robe, Seen from Behind
ca. 1754-1757
Pen and brown ink and wash.
8 x 4 1/2 inches (204 x 115 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.247
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Watermark: Three crescents in descending size.

Provenance: 
Count Algarotti-Corniani, Venice; Dan Fellows Platt, Englewood (Lugt S. 2066B); Austin A. Mitchell, New York; Mathias Komor, New York; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
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Algarotti-Corniani, Count, former owner.
Platt, Dan Fellows, 1873-1938, former owner.
Mitchell, Austin A., former owner.
Komor, Mathias, 1909-1984, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 370, repr.
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 44.

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Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista
School: 
Italian
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints