Lot 69
  • 69

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

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

Condition

R. 146 with wide margins, generally in good condition, a short repaired tear at the left sheet edge, some soft handling creases particularly noticeable towards the upper and lower right sheet corners, a short, soft crease at the left sheet edge, unframed; R. 134 with very narrow margins, in good condition, unframed. with very narrow margins
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