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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.51.17
People
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian (Venice, Italy 1696 - 1770 Madrid, Spain)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
Title
Historiated Initial I
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1720-1730
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292673

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 4.6 x 4.5 cm (1 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper left: 10

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walter Schatzki, New York, NY, sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1959. Sold as Venetian, 18th century, for $90.00.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William C. Heilman Fund and Gifts for Special Uses Fund
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.51.17
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • George Knox, Tiepolo: A Bicentenary Exhibition 1770-1970; Drawings, Mainly from American Collections, by Giambattista Tiepolo and the Members of His Circle, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1970), copyright page (n.p.)
  • Filippo Pedrocco, "Giambattista Tiepolo illustratore di libro", Giambattista Tiepolo: il segno e l'enigma, ed. Dario Succi, Vianello Libri/Foligraf (Venice, Italy, 1985), pp. 64-76, p. 65
  • Bernard Aikema, "Early Drawings for Prints by Giambattista Tiepolo", Master Drawings (1998), vol. XXXVI, no. 3, pp. 251-274, p. 253 and cat. no. 61, p. 272
  • Xavier F. Salomon, Alessandra Kluzer, Andrea Tomezzoli, and Denis Ton, Tiepolo in Milan: The Lost Frescoes of Palazzo Archinto, exh. cat., The Frick Collection and Paul Holberton Publishing (New York, 2019), pp. 84-86, repr. p. 86 as fig. 57

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