DrawingsItalian18th century

Two Fauns Reclining

18th century

Artists

Giovanni Battista TiepoloArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

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

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22.4 x 14.6 cm (8 13/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Vicomte Bernard d'Hendecourt, Paris [sale, Sotheby's, London, May 8-10, 1929, lot 273]. [P. & D. Colnaghi, London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs (by 1929), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963

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