A Bearded Old Man Leaning His Head on His Hand

1755/1762

Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo

Associated Names
Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1736 - 1776

The image is a portrait sketch showing the upper body of a person. The individual is depicted sitting with their head resting on their hand. The facial features include a furrowed brow and a thick beard, framed by a wrinkled face. The hair appears to be covered with a large, soft hat. The person's clothing is suggested by a few lines that may represent a cloak or thick garment, possibly trimmed with fur. The individual appears to be wearing a long chain or necklace. The background is plain and unadorned, focusing all attention on the subject itself, with the sketch's delicate use of shading and texture giving the portrait depth.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Johann Dominik Bossi 1767-1853], Munich; by descent to his daughter, Maria Theresia Caroline [1825-1881] and her husband, Carl Christian Friedrich Beyerlen [1826-1881], Stuttgart; (their sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 27 March 1882); Baron Ferdinand von Stumm [1843-1925]; (his sale, Hans W. Lange, Berlin, 30 March 1939, no. 103, as "Giovanni Battista Tiepolo"); Nikolaus and Ursula von Stumm, Munich; Wolfgang Ratjen [1943-1997], Vaduz and Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz. Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, Vaduz. Bern, 1995, no. 43.

1996

  • Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996, no. 43.

1999

  • Lorenzo Tiepolo, Museo Nacional del Prado, 21 October-15 December 1999, 160, fig. 64, no. 28.

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 58.

2012

  • The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 101.

Bibliography

1980

  • Knox, George. Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo. A Study and Catalogue Raisonné of the Chalk Drawings. 2 vols. Oxford, 1980, 1: 249, no. M.335.

1994

  • Thiem, Christel. "Lorenzo Tiepolo as Draftsman." Master Drawings 32, no. 4 (Winter, 1994): 335-336, 338, 347, no. 15, fig. 31 (reproduced on the cover).

1995

  • Lachenmann, David. Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz. Vaduz, 1995: no. 43.

1996

  • Thiem, Christel. "Lorenzo, der Jüngste der Künstlerfamilie Tiepolo," in Der Himmel auf Erden. Tiepolo in Würzburg. Residenz, Würzburg. 2 vols. Munich, 1996, 2: 118, pl. 6.

  • Lachenmann, David. Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. Exh. cat. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996 no. 43

1999

  • Roelofs, Pieter, and Bernard Aikema. "Los dibujos de Lorenzo Tiepolo," in Lorenzo Tiepolo. Museo del Prado. Madrid, 1999: 159, 160, 162, no. 28, fig. 64.

Inscriptions

verso: signed or inscribed with initials "L.T." and (Bossi Beyerlen numbers) "f2.30X" and "No. 2820" (the last digit changed from 7); in later graphite "Lor. Tiepolo fec."

Wikidata ID

Q64593359

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