Boys Bathing in a Canal | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 5.1990
People: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian (Venice, Italy 1727 - 1804 Venice, Italy)
Title: Boys Bathing in a Canal
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1790s
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/311967

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on white antique laid paper
Dimensions: sight: 29.8 x 42.8 cm (11 3/4 x 16 7/8 in.)
frame: 57.1 x 69.7 cm (22 1/2 x 27 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Bryson Burroughs.
Louise Guerber Burroughs.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in memory of Louise G. Burroughs
Object Number: 5.1990
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Adelheid Gealt and George Knox, Giandomenico Tiepolo: scene di vita quotidiana a Venezia e nella terraferma, Marsilio Editore (Venice, 2005), cat. no. 68, repr. pp. 162-3, p. 170.

Exhibition History

Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013
32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/11/2015 - 07/09/2015; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/11/2022 - 11/07/2022

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5.1990: Boys Bathing in a Canal