From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings

From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello

Auction Closed

January 27, 09:35 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Venice 1696 - 1770 Madrid

The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello


Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk, partially indented for transfer;

bears old attribution in brown ink, lower left: Tiepolo

297 by 215 mm; 11 3/4 by 8 1/2 in

George Edward Habich (1818-1901), Boston and Kassel (L.862);
Antonio Grandi;
Juan & Felix Bernasconi, Milan,
from whose collection sold, London, Christie's, 1 April 1987, lot 84;
with C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, Die schönsten Neuerwerbungen: Graphik und Zeichnungen von 1500 bis 1900, 1988, no. 40,
where acquired, 1988
E. Sack, Giambattista und Domenico Tiepolo, Hamburg, 1910, no. 193