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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Estimate
14,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description
- Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
- God the Father in glory
- Pen and brown ink and two shades of brown wash over black chalk;
signed in pen and brown ink at the bottom: Dom. Tiepolo f., and numbered top left in pen and ink: 75 corrected to 69 - approx: 10 1/4 x 7 inches
Provenance
Sale, London, Christie's, 12 April 1983, lot 105
Condition
Hinged only at the top corners. Overall in good condition and media fresh. Surface cleaned slightly in the past. Some sort of light staining towards the lower margin, possibly from an old moulding of the paper. Sold mounted and framed in a modern wooden gilded frame.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This is part of Giandomenico's series of over one hundred variations on the theme of God the Father supported by Angels and Cherubs. When James Byam Shaw wrote about them, the highest number he knew was 102, but since then 103, 104 and 106 have come onto the market. Byam Shaw rightly felt that the relation of some of these compositions to the upper section of Giambattista's important altarpiece Saint Thecla praying for the plague-stricken, in the cathedral at Este, would suggest a dating for the series after 1759.1
1. J. Byam Shaw, The Drawings of Domenico Tiepolo, London 1962, p. 32