DrawingsItalian18th century

Two Women

18th century

Artists

Giovanni Battista TiepoloArtist

Francesco FontebassoPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown and gray washes, and graphite on antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.9 x 24 cm (12 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

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