Reclining male nude with right hand resting on a stone tablet, seen from below Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice, 1696–1770)

ca. 1740–50

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Pen and brown ink and brown wash on white paper

Dimensions

9 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (23.8 × 17.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Lehman, B.A. 1913

Accession Number

1941.290

Culture

Italian

Period

18th century

Classification

Drawings

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Provenance
Count Bernardino Corniani, (by 1740?), and by descent in the Algarotti-Corniani family until purchased by; Edward Cheney, London; his sale, Sotheby's, 21 April 1885; E. Parsons & Sons, London; Private Collection, Ireland; William Fagg of Sydenham; Mssrs. B.T. Batsford; Christie's, 14 July 1914, lot 49; bought by Parsons, who divided the album; Robert Lehman
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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