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GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO (1727-1804) AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO (1696-1770)
The Virgin appearing to Saint Simon Stock
etching
1759
on laid paper, without watermark
a very fine impression of this large print
first state (of two)
printing with great clarity and modulation, with luminous contrasts and dark accents
with margins on three sides, trimmed to or on the platemark below
generally in very good condition
Plate 60,5 x 39,4 cm. (2358 x 1512 in.)
Sheet 61 x 41,5 cm. (2378 x 1638 in.)
Provenance
Sotheby, Parke-Bernet, London, 1 November 1978, lot 161.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
A. de Vesme, Le Peintre-Graveur Italien, Milan, 1906, no. 57, p. 408.
A. Rizzi, The Etchings of the Tiepolos, London, 1971, no. 98, pp. 222-223 (another impression ill.).
D. Russell, Rare Etchings by Giovanni Battista und Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1972, no. 94, p. 115 (another impression ill.).
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