DrawingsItalian18th century

Studies for a Group of Men

18th century

Artists

Giovanni Domenico TiepoloArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 20.6 x 30.5 cm (8 1/8 x 12 in.)

Provenance

St. Sophorin Collection. From the file: "probably" Nathan Chaikin, Geneva. Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.211

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