Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Description

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Armida Falls in Love with Rinaldo; and The Baptism of the Emperor Constantine (De Vesme 94, 83; Rizzi 146, 134)
etching
R. 146: 270 by 303mm 10 5/8 by 11 7/8 in
R. 134: 453 by 224mm 17 7/8 by 8 3/4 in

Two etchings after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, R. 146 circa 1760, a fine, bright impression of the second (final) state, printing with strong contrasts, on paper with a Three Crescent Moons and initial W surmounted by a Crown watermark; R. 146, the third (final) state, with a Proprietary Watermark with Three Crescent Moons within Shield surmounted by Crown

Provenance

with Colnaghi, 1975; Private Collection, Oxford