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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696-1770
Caricature of a Cook
ca. 1757-1762.
Pen and black ink and wash, on paper; extraneous marks of black chalk.
8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches (213 x 138 mm)
Gift of Lore Heinemann, in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann.
1997.25
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Watermark: Letters "FS" with trefoil at top of stick between letters.
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Count Bernardino Algarotti Corniani (?); marquess of Breadalbane (?); Langton House, Duns, Berwickshire; sale, Dowells, Edinburgh, 25 March 1925, lot 1004; John Grant, Edinburgh; Arthur Kay, Edinburgh; sale, Christie's, London, 9 April 1943, lot 244e; Arcade Gallery, London; Dr. Rudolf J. and Lore Heinemann, New York.
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Algarotti-Corniani, Bernardino, count, former owner.
Breadalbane, Marquess of, former owner.
Grant, John, former owner.
Kay, Arthur, former owner.
Heinemann, Rudolf J., former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, former owner.
Bibliography:
Aikema, Bernard. Tiepolo and His Circle : Drawings in American Collections. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Art Museum ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1996, no. 81, repr.
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