Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804
The Presentation of the Fiancée
11 5/16 x 16 inches (287 x 406 mm)
Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on paper.
1997.70
Gift of Lore Heinemann, in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann.
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Watermark: coat of arms with letters "CS" inside. Poor quality beta radiograph of upper half of watermark. Watermark, beta radiograph. Coat of arm with letters CS 142912wm_1997_70_WM_beta.jpg
Accompanied by her fiancé, the bride to be is received with open arms by her prospective mother-in-law. Characteristically, the artist lifted the motif of the hunchbacked maid seen from behind from another of his drawings, a chalk study in the Museo Correr, Venice. --Exhibition Label, from "Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings"
Accompanied by her fiancé, the bride to be is received with open arms by her prospective mother-in-law. Characteristically, the artist lifted the motif of the hunchbacked maid seen from behind from another of his drawings, a chalk study in the Museo Correr, Venice. --Exhibition Label, from "Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings"
Associated names
Wilson, Martin, former owner.
Heinemann, Rudolf J., former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, former owner.
Heinemann, Rudolf J., former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, former owner.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice, and Cara D. Denison. Drawings from the Collection of Lore and Rudolf Heinemann. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 112, repr.
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