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Roman Soldier,

1720–22

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696–1770; born Venice, Italy; died Madrid, Spain
x1948-842

Information

Title
Roman Soldier
Dates

1720–22

Medium
Brush and red chalk wash, over black chalk, on beige laid paper
Dimensions
26.4 × 18.1 cm (10 3/8 × 7 1/8 in.) frame: 54.6 × 41.9 × 2.9 cm (21 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-842
Inscription
Inscribed recto, lower left, in dark brown ink: Tiepolo fece
Reference Numbers
Gibbons 602
Culture
Materials

Count Bernardino Algarotti-Corniani, Venice ?; Edward Cheney, Badger Hall, Shropshire ?; E. Parsons & Sons, London, 1923; Dan Fellows Platt, stamps (L. 750a and 2066b) verso, lower left, in blue.'
Purchased by Platt from Parsons 1923.;

From Pignatti, “I disegni veneziani...”: Dateable c. 1725. (See reference Bib. 4577);

From Baxandall, “Shadows and enlightenment”: reproduces copy of Princeton original, dates it “”firmly in the 1720s.” (See reference Bib. 4581);