DrawingsItalian18th century

Historiated Initial A

c. 1720-1730

Artists

Giovanni Battista TiepoloArtist

Unidentified ArtistPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 4.6 x 5 cm (1 13/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Walter Schatzki, New York, NY, sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1959. Sold as Venetian, 18th century, for $90.00.

Related Artworks

Drawings

Two Studies of a Gentleman

Pietro Longhi, 18th century

Black chalk heightened with white chalk on gray antique laid paper

18th centuryItalian

Drawings

Three Graces

Antonio Canova, 18th-19th century

Graphite on cream antique laid paper

18th-19th centuryItalian

Drawings

Christ on the Cross with Saints Catherine and Dominic

Francesco Fontebasso, 18th century

Brown ink with blue, brown, and pink washes over graphite on off-white antique laid paper

18th centuryItalian

Drawings

Three Designs for Ceiling or Wall Painting in Neo-Classic Grottesche Style

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 18th-19th century

Watercolor, with accents of gouache, over graphite on cream wove paper

18th-19th centuryItalian

Drawings

Self-portrait

Carlo Spiridone Mariotti, 18th century

Brown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper

18th centuryItalian

Drawings

Kneeling Male Nude

Michelangelo Mercoli, 18th century

Red chalk with traces of graphite underdrawing on cream antique laid paper

18th centuryItalian

Drawings

Christ Among the Elders

Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio), 17th-18th century

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk heightened with white gouache on tan antique laid paper

17th-18th centuryItalian

Drawings

Architectural Study

Unidentified Artist, 18th century

Brown ink and black wash, over black chalk, on off-white antique laid paper

18th centuryItalian

Drawings

Two Figures and a Dog

Jacopo Amigoni, 17th-18th century

Brown ink and white gouache on faded blue antique laid paper

17th-18th centuryItalian

Drawings

Venetian Scene (The Charlatans)

Unidentified Artist, 18th century

Black ink over graphite on off-white antique laid paper

18th centuryItalian

Drawings

Design for a Ceiling: The Trinity Adored by Angels

Domenico Parodi, 17th-18th century

Brown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

17th-18th centuryItalian

Drawings

Madonna of Mercy - Design for a Ceiling

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, 18th century

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, squared in red chalk, on cream antique laid paper

18th centuryItalian