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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Old Man with a Beard, c. 1762

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series Title

Raccolta di Teste: Libro Primo: pl. 16 [De Vesme 115-146]

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 14.1 x 10.9 cm (5 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

Rizzi 1971, no. 176, State i/ii

Accession Number

1994.60.63

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (artist) Venetian, 1727 - 1804

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Inscription

by later hands, lower center verso in graphite: deVe 132 / R. 176 / D7[?]BII / 435-

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

Exhibition History

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 42.

Bibliography

1906: Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906.

1971: Rizzi, Aldo. The Etchings of the Tiepolos. Complete edition. London: Phaidon, 1971.

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 42.

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