A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Putti in the clouds
Auction Closed
July 7, 10:53 AM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Venice 1727 - 1804
Putti in the clouds
Pen and brown and grey ink and brown wash;
signed in pen and grey ink, lower left: Dom. Tiepolo f. and numbered in pen and brown ink, upper left: 29
unframed: 210 by 295 mm
framed: 380 by 465 mm
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Beauchamp,
his sale, London, Christie's, 15 June 1965, lot 89;
Princess Sylvia Obolensky (1931-1997),
Professor Richard Wollheim
his sale, London, Christie's, 15 June 1965, lot 89;
Princess Sylvia Obolensky (1931-1997),
Professor Richard Wollheim
This charming study of Putti in the clouds came from the Earl of Beauchamp's collection, where it was offered together with a number of other drawings of the same subject (see Provenance). It is not known why Tiepolo made these studies of putti and amorini, although the substantial series may have been inspired by Giovanni Battista's decorations in the Stanza dei Putti at the Villa Valmarana.
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