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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727-1804)
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727-1804)

An allegorical personification of the Nile, after the Antique

Fermé26 January 2012

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727-1804)
An allegorical personification of the Nile, after the Antique
signed 'Tiepolo f.'
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark animal device
4½ x 5¾ in. (11.4 x 14.5 cm.)

with Colnaghi, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 January 2001, lot 63, where acquired by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

After one of two Roman colossi sculptures dating from the 2nd century A.D., which were installed by Michelangelo in the Campidoglio in 1552 (Renaissance Artists & Antique Sculpture, New York, 1986, no. 65b).