Segni d'artista: Masterpieces for a collection
Past exhibition
Giandomenico Tiepolo
Scena di lotta tra una ninfa e un centauro (o Centauro rapitore), 1780
A Centaur Attempting to Kidnap a Nymph
Scène d'un combat entre une Nymphe et un Centaure (ou Centaure kidnappeur)
Penna, inchiostro bruno e grigio, acquarellature di inchiostro grigio su carta
Pen, brown and gray ink, brown and gray wash on paper
Plume, encre brune et grise, lavis brun et gris sur papier
Scène d'un combat entre une Nymphe et un Centaure (ou Centaure kidnappeur)
Penna, inchiostro bruno e grigio, acquarellature di inchiostro grigio su carta
Pen, brown and gray ink, brown and gray wash on paper
Plume, encre brune et grise, lavis brun et gris sur papier
19.1 x 27.1 cm
7 1/2 x 10 5/8 in
7 1/2 x 10 5/8 in
signed on the recto, lower left, in pen and brown ink: "dom.o tiepolo f."; on the recto, upper left, in pen and brown ink: "s". on the verso, left-hand side, in pen and black ink: "284"
Provenance
Venice, Italico Brass collection (1870/1943; painter, scenographer and art collector);
Venice and Florence, by inheritance to descendants;
Paris, private collection.
Literature
D. Succi, I Tiepolo. Virtuosismo e ironia, Turin 1988, p. 90, fig. 71.
Cfr. F. Pedrocco, Satiri, Centauri e Pulcinelli. Gli affreschi restaurati di Giandomenico Tiepolo a Ca' Rezzonico, Venice 2000, p. 81 (published the fresco related to the drawing).
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