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A Turk

Giovanni Battista Maganza
1509-1589

A Turk

9 7/8 x 4 15/16 inches (251 x 125 mm)
Pen and black ink with brown wash and black chalk on laid paper.
2009.320

The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.

Notes
Compare two similar drawings of soldiers in the Teylers Museum, inv. K 75 and K II 63, which like the present sheet have been alternately attributed to Alessandro or Giovanni Battista Maganza (see Van Tuyll 2000, nos. 465-66).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper right in pen and brown ink, "Tiepolo"; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, "Tiepolo [...]".
Associated names
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department