The Head of a Young Man Looking Upwards to the Right

Giovanni Battista Tiepolobefore 1752

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Title: The Head of a Young Man Looking Upwards to the Right
Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696-1770)
Date Created: before 1752
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 22.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.); Secondary Support: 22.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.)
Provenance: William Bateson, London (Lugt 2604a, lower left, in black ink); his sale [Sotheby's, London, 29 April, 1929, no. 112] (Knox, 1980, p. 212, no. M.23); [Thomas Agnew & Sons]
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.558
Medium: red chalk (with stumping) over black chalk, heightened with white chalk
Inscriptions: VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, center, in graphite: [b?] ; VERSO OF TERTIARY SUPPORT, lower right, in graphite: 2 / B
Department: Drawings
Culture: Italy, 18th century
Credit Line: The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
Collection: DR - Italian
Accession Number: 1929.558

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