Head of a Young Man in Profile

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

The image shows a drawing of a person in profile view, facing left. The person appears seated and still, with their gaze directed sideways. Their facial features, short hair, and clothing are detailed. There are no accessories visible on the person. The background has a textured surface, contrasting with the fine lines of the drawing done in a reddish-brown tone.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk with white heightening on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection, Gift of Dian Woodner

  • Dimensions

    actual: 20.32 x 22.86 cm (8 × 9 in.)
    overall: 44 × 35.5 × 1 cm (17 5/16 × 14 × 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.137.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Knox 1980, no. M704

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nathan Chaikin, Lully sur Morges, Switzerland; (The Contemporaries, New York, purchased June 1960); Ian Woodner, New York, by 1973; by descent to Dian Woodner, New York; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • Woodner Collection II: Old Master Drawings from the XV to the XVIII Century, William H. Schab Gallery, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Indianapolis Museum of Art; no .69.

Bibliography

1980

  • Knox, George. Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo. A Study and Catalogue Raisonné of the Chalk Drawings. 2 vols. Oxford, 1980: 1: no. M704.

Wikidata ID

Q64572387

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