Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804
Massacre of the Innocents
18 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches (464 x 359 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, brown-black wash, over charcoal, on paper.
IV, 149
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Dom.o[o in superscript above period] Tiepolo f."
Watermark: Crown above shield, with three stars inside. Possibly from Andrea Fossati Company, Veneto region.
Watermark: Crown above shield, with three stars inside. Possibly from Andrea Fossati Company, Veneto region.
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 149, repr.
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Century Drawings
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