Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Caricature of a man with a muff
Estimate:
18,000
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Venice 1696 - 1770 Madrid
Caricature of a man with a muff
Pen and black ink and gray wash
209 by 218 mm; 8 1/4 by 6 in
Hinge mounted to a modern mount. There are some old creases, integral to the paper, along the right edge and a small brown stain to the man's hat. The drawing remains in otherwise very good condition throughout, with the combination of media still in splendid, original condition. Sold unframed.
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Thomas Dimsdale (1758-1823), London (L.2426);
Unidentified collector's mark (L.975);
Baron Garner;
Private Collection, Zurich;
with Spencer Samuels, New York, French and Italian 18th Century Master Drawings, 1985, no. 17,
where acquired, 1985
1. G. Knox, Tiepolo, A Bicentenary Exhibition, exhib. cat., Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, 1970, no. 87