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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid)
Lot 36

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid)

The head of a woman

Fermé3 July 2012

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GBP 15,000

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid)
The head of a woman
red and white chalk on blue paper
9¾ x 6 7/8 in. (24.8 x 17.8 cm.)

Giovanni Domenico Bossi, with associated price code '48. No. 3201' and '728' (verso), and by descent to
Maria Theresa Karoline Bossi.
Karl Christian Friedrich Beyerlen; H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 27-8 March 1882.
Dr Hans Wendland.
with A. and R. Ball, New York.

Note du spécialiste

Professor George Knox confirmed the attribution to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, first given in his 1980 book, in a letter to a previous owner dated 14 July 1998. He once again suggested that it may be a study after an antique sculpture.