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Preview image of work. red chalk on blue laid paper, Head of a Young Man 7830

1972.14

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Head of a Young Man

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Artist

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice, Italy, 1696 - 1770, Madrid, Spain)

Title

Head of a Young Man

Creation Date

1752-1753

Century

18th century

Dimensions

10 5/8 in. x 8 1/4 in. (27 cm. x 21 cm.)

Object Type

drawing

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

red chalk on blue laid paper

Credit Line

Museum Purchase, Florence C. Quinby Fund, in memory of Henry Cole Quinby, Honorary Degree, 1916

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1972.14

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and his two sons and collaborators, Giovanni Domenico (1727--1804) and Lorenzo (1736--1772), created more than 1,500 chalk studies, in addition to hundreds of pen-and-ink drawings. This work, tentatively attributed to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo for its quality, most likely originated in Wurzburg, where in 1751–53 the Tiepolo workshop decorated the residence of the Prince-Bishop. The drawing is not a portrait, but a study of a facial expression. Lorenzo Tiepolo copied this work, presumably as part of his artistic training in his father’s workshop, in an album now in the Martin-von-Wagner-Museum, University of Wurzburg.

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