GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO | PUTTI IN THE CLOUDS

GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO
Venice 1727 - 1804
PUTTI IN THE CLOUDS

Pen and brown ink and gray and brown wash over traces of black chalk;
signed in pen and brown ink, lower left: Dom. Tiepolo f and numbered in pen and brown ink, upper left: 53 (?)
205 by 277 mm; 8⅛ by 11 in

Condition Report:
Hinged to the mount at the upper margin. Overall in good condition. Some surface dirt. Some staining, lower left and at the right margin which appears to be mold stains.
Pen and ink and wash still strong and vibrant.

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Provenance:
Horace Walpole;

The Rt. Hon. Earl of Beauchamp,

his sale, London, Christie's 15 June 1965, lot 101, reproduced