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GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO | Study of the head of a young boy with a large collar
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
- Study of the head of a young boy with a large collar
- Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk
- 242 by 183 mm; 9 1/2 by 7 1/4 in
Provenance
Given by the artist to the Library of the Somasco Convent, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice;
Count Leopoldo Cicognara, Venice;
Antonio Canova, the sculptor,
thence by descent to his half-brother, Monsignor Giovanni Battista Sartori-Canova;
Francesco Pesaro, Venice;
Edward Cheney, Badger Hall, Shropshire, by 1842,
thence by inheritance to his brother-in-law, Col. Alfred Capel-Cure, Blake Hall, Essex,
his sale, London, Sotheby's 29 April 1885, lot 1024, where acquired by E. Parsons;
The Earl of Ranfurly;
with P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London;
Richard Owen, Paris
Count Leopoldo Cicognara, Venice;
Antonio Canova, the sculptor,
thence by descent to his half-brother, Monsignor Giovanni Battista Sartori-Canova;
Francesco Pesaro, Venice;
Edward Cheney, Badger Hall, Shropshire, by 1842,
thence by inheritance to his brother-in-law, Col. Alfred Capel-Cure, Blake Hall, Essex,
his sale, London, Sotheby's 29 April 1885, lot 1024, where acquired by E. Parsons;
The Earl of Ranfurly;
with P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London;
Richard Owen, Paris
Condition
Overall good condition. Top corners missing and made up. Sold in a gilded wooden 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 handsome and engaging drawing belongs to a large group of 93 imaginary head studies, which were originally bound in the same album as Tiepolo's well-known series of studies of the Holy family. Like the Holy Family series, these were conceived as independent works rather than as preparatory for specific paintings. Bernard Aikema suggests that they may have been produced as a type of pattern book of motifs to be used in future paintings by the atelier, and specifically by Tiepolo's sons, Domenico and Lorenzo.1 1. B. Aikema et al., Tiepolo in Holland, exhib. cat., Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 1996, p. 90