Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804
Cupid and Cherubs Playing with Doves
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and brown-black wash, with brown iron gall ink additions on paper.
7 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches (189 x 257 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, in memory of Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann.
1996.131
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Watermark: Lion over letters IGM surmounted by large open crown. Watermark (infrared transmitted): lion, crown, IGM. 142851wm_1996_131_WM_ transmIR

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Signed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, partially cut off, "Dom. Tiepolo f"; numbered at upper left, in pen and brown ink, "119".

Provenance: 
Tomas Harris, London; Dr. Rudolf J. and Lore Heinemann, New York.
Associated names: 

Harris, Tomás, 1908-1964, former owner.
Heinemann, Rudolf J., former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Lore and Rudolf Heinemann. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 89, repr.

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