ID 793406
Lot 244 | GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO (1727-1804)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Joseph adoring the Child while two Angels sing, from: The Flight into Egypt
etching, 1752, on laid paper, watermark Three Magi, a very fine, early proof impression of the first state (of two), before the plate number, printing with a rich, unevenly wiped plate tone, with various pentimenti along the left side of Joseph still distinct, the subject along the right sheet edge partially uninked, with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, in very good condition
Plate 188 x 249 mm.
Sheet 190 x 250 mm.
Literature
de Vesme 19; Rizzi 85
F. Reuße, Giandomenico Tiepolo: Die Flucht nach Ägypten - Radierungen, exhibition catalogue, Augustinermuseum Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2007.
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
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| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Applied technique: | Etching |
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| Art style: | Old Masters |
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