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Head of a Female Saint in Nun's Habit (recto)

Head of a Female Saint in Nun's Habit (recto)

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (attributed to)

The practice of drawing in chalk on blue paper was taken up in Giambattista Tiepolo’s studio by about 1740. Although long attributed to Giambattista, this drawing displays the characteristic broad outline strokes and wide parallel hatching typical of his son Domenico’s work.
Artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (attributed to)
(Italian, 1727 - 1804)
Title
Head of a Female Saint in Nun's Habit (recto)
Date
ca. 1760
Medium
Red and white chalk on gray-blue paper
Dimensions
6 1/4 x 5 7/16 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Miss Charlotte C. Gregory
Accession No.
64.15.10
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
Italy

Related

<SPAN>27 March 1882, possibly sold in Bossi-Beyerlin sale (Stuttgart)[1]; Before 1919, purchased by Charles Fairfax Murray (London); 18 February 1920, sold via F.R. Meatyard (London) to Charles Noble Gregory (Northbrook, IL); by 1942, Wisconsin State Historical Society; 1964, Charlotte C. Gregory (Northbrook, IL) [niece of Charles Noble Gregory] through inheritance; 1964, gifted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art] [1] According to George Knox, <SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline">Tiepolo: A Bicentenary Exhibition</SPAN>, March-May 1970, Fogg Art Museum, p.xiv: “All chalk drawings (by Tiepolo) which have entered the general art market seem to come from a Bossi source.” However, this drawing lacks the documentation to confirm that provenance line.<BR/></SPAN>

  • Blumenthal, Arthur R. "A Newly Identified Drawing by G. B. Tiepolo." Bulletin Elvehjem Art Center 1971-1972. Elvehjem Art Center (1972): 16-21. pp. 16-21

  • Old Master Drawings from the Permanent Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/23/2005–10/9/2005
  • Hand of the Master, The: Drawings from the Elvehjem’s Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/11/1985–7/28/1985

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