Study for an Inkstand, ca. 1740–45, Pen and brown ink, gray wash, with splashes of brown wash on the left, over black chalk, 17 11/16 x 12 3/16 in. (45 x 31 cm), Drawings, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid), The celebrated Venetian painter, etcher, and draftsman Giambattista Tiepolo is best known for his theatrically painted ceilings. This sheet represents a lesser known side of Tiepolo’s production: his designs for metalwork
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Study, Inkstand, ca, 1740–45, Pen, brown ink, gray wash, splashes, left, black chalk, 17 11/16 x 12 3/16, 45 31 cm, Drawings, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, Venice, 1696–1770, Madrid, celebrated, Venetian, painter, etcher, draftsman Giambattista, Tiepolo, best, theatrically painted, ceilings, sheet represents, lesser, side, production, designs, metalwork
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