Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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1696-1770

Head of a Woman

Red chalk, with white chalk, on blue paper.

11 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches (290 x 212 mm)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1983.48

Notes:

Inscription on verso attributed by János Scholz to René de Cérenville (1875-1968).

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso, in pencil, "G.B."
Watermark: Six petaled flower with stem and leaf (similar to Briquet 6394).

Provenance:

Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin, Switzerland; acquired in 1972 in Geneva by Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).

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Associated names:

Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 304.

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