Profile of a Head plus a Hand; verso: Hand with Outstretched Fingers

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1969.23
People: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian (Venice, Italy 1696 - 1770 Madrid, Spain)
Title: Profile of a Head plus a Hand; verso: Hand with Outstretched Fingers
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/296462

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk on buff antique laid paper (recto and verso)

Dimensions

actual: 29.5 x 22 cm (11 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: Upper left corner in brown ink: Piazetta; lower right corner in brown ink: unreadable initials

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mrs. Fritz B. Talbot, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Fritz B. Talbot
Accession Year: 1969
Object Number: 1969.23
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Ugo Ruggeri, "Giovanni Battista Tiepolo: fogli da un taccuino al tempo di Udine", Prospettiva (April 1983 - January 1984), vols. XXXIII-XXXVI, cat. no. N, repr. fig. 14, also p. 307
Francesco Rossi, I grandi disegni italiani dell'Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, Silvana Editoriale (Milan, Italy, 1985), under cat. no. 51

Verification Level

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