Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Etchings, 1753, three plates from the Flight into Egypt, strongly printed impressions of the numbered states which are Rizzi's only described state, Tunick's final states; and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Soldiers and a Boy (DV. 4; R. 30), etching, circa 1739, from Capricci

R. 72 and R. 79 ex coll. Naudet (L. 1937)

R. 30: Plate: 141 by 175mm; 5½ by 6 7/8in; Sheet: 187 by 259mm; 7 3/8 by 10¼in R. 72: Sheet: 182 by 239mm; 7 1/8 in by 9 3/8 in R. 79: Sheet: 182 by 235mm; 7 1/8 by 9¼in R. 80: Sheet: 183 by 235mm; 7¼ by 9¼in R. 72 and 80 Tunick's third (final) state; R. 79 Tunick's second (final) state R. 30 with margins, a pale green stain just below seated soldier, diagonal folds across right corners, another extending into image across left part of sheet, a few foxmarks, pale surface dirt, unframed. R. 72, 79 and 80, all trimmed just outside the borderline (apart from R. 80, trimmed to the platemark below), R. 72 with a short repaired tear at upper right corner, R. 72 and 79 with the number partly rubbed away, other minor defects, otherwise in generally good condition, each unframed.
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