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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1969.25
People
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian (Venice, Italy 1696 - 1770 Madrid, Spain)
Title
Sheet of Studies, with Heads, a Hand and an Ear; verso: Two Ears, Face and Closed Fist
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296088

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on buff antique laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 29.5 x 22.2 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Upper right corner in brown ink: Piazetta

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
1969.25
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. O, recto repr. fig. 15, 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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