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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.415
People
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian (Venice, Italy 1696 - 1770 Madrid, Spain)
Title
Annunciation; verso: Architectural Sketch of an Ornamental Gateway
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1751-1753
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296377

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on dark cream antique laid paper; verso: brown wash and black chalk
Dimensions
36 x 24.1 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1933), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.415
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 348, p. 173
  • 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), cat. no. 58, repr.
  • Bernard Aikema, Tiepolo and His Circle: Drawings in American Collections, exh. cat., The Morgan Library & Museum and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA and New York, NY, 1996), cat. no. 63, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Tiepolo: A Bicentenary Exhibition, 1770-1970, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/14/1970 - 05/03/1970
  • The Tiepolos: Painters to Princes and Prelates, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, 01/08/1978 - 02/19/1978; Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Springfield, 03/19/1978 - 05/07/1978
  • Tiepolos in America, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, 01/08/1978 - 02/19/1978; Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Springfield, 03/19/1978 - 05/07/1978
  • Tiepolo and His Circle: Drawings in American Collections, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/12/1996 - 12/15/1996; The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 01/15/1997 - 04/13/1997

Verification Level

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