Putti Floating a Banner, 18th century
Pen and brown ink and wash over black and red chalkexpand_more
Bequest of Professor Alfred Moirexpand_more 2012.58.91
Not on Viewexpand_more
This playful sketch of weightless putti (cherubs) lifting a billowing cloth to the light puts the freedom of Giambattista Tiepolo’s penmanship and brushwork on full display. It has not been related to any finished work by Tiepolo, but it may have been a first thought for a titlepage to a book or as a way of including an inscription (appearing on the cloth) in a larger subject.
Details
- Title
- Putti Floating a Banner
- Artist Life
- (Venice), 1696–1770
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2012.58.91
- Provenance
- Barozzi Collection, Venice. [Colnaghi, London; before 1968]. Sale, Sotheby's, London, July 7, 1999, no. 128, for £3,450, to Flavia Ormand for Moir; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1999-d. 2010; bequeathed to MIA)
- Curator Approved
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