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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804
Martha Inviting Christ to Enter the House
Pen and brown ink and wash and brown-black wash, over charcoal, on paper.
18 3/8 x 14 3/16 inches (467 x 360 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 151
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso, in graphite, "13".
Watermark: Hand holding sword, above letter "W".
Provenance:
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
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Associated names:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 151, repr.
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