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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Virgin and Child in the Clouds
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on laid paper.
3 5/16 x 2 7/8 inches (84 x 73 mm)
Gift of János Scholz.
1987.79
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Drawing is on verso of a fragment of a letter in pen and brown ink. According to János Scholz the letter is autograph of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso of old paper mount, in pen and brown ink, "A".
Provenance:
Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de St. Saphorin, Switzerland; Reichlen Gallery, Lausanne; from whom acquired in 1956 by János Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Saint-Saphorin, Armand-François-Louis de Mestral de, 1738-1805, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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