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: Letters G B over T inside heart shaped form. Watermark (beta radiograph). GB over T, heart.

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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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Associated names:

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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