FJK 118

Tiepolo Giovanni Battista (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)

Male Head Turned Towards the Left

ca. 1760
9 49/64 × 6 57/64 in. (248 × 175 mm)

Medium
Pen, sepia ink and traces of black chalk on paper

Numbered in black chalk bottom left: 66

Origin

Convent Somasco Library, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
Cicognara Collection
Canova Collection
Francesco Pesaro Collection
Edward Cheney Collection (1842)
His sale, Sotheby’s, London, April 29, 1885, no. 1024
Richard Owen Collection, Paris
Sale, Colnaghi, London, April 29 & May 30, 1952
Mrs. Kilvert Collection
Sale, Christie’s, London, December 9, 1982, no. 192
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco, JK 3645
Jan Krugier Foundation

Bibliography

DÜCKERS Alexander, Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Berlin: G & H Verlag, 1999, Catalogue raisonné, p. 418, ill.

RYLANDS Philip, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, Berlin: G & H Verlag, 1999, Catalogue raisonné, p. 417, ill.

Exhibitions

Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, p. 168, no. 68, color ill. p. 169.

Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La Passion du dessin. Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002, p. 144, no. 60, color ill. p. 145.