Man Comforting a Rearing Horse
Artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
(Italian, 1727-1804)
CultureItalian
Dateafter 1770
MediumInk, pen, wash, chalk, laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (18.4 x 24.8 cm)
InscribedSigned lower left: Dom Tiepolo f
MarkingsMM watermark.
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number50.48.99
Not on view
DescriptionPen and brown ink drawing; brown wash over black chalk on laid paper. A man comforting a rearing horse while others look on.Label TextGiovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian, 1727-1804 Man Comforting a Rearing Horse Watched by Several Oriental Figures, after 1770 Pen and brown ink, brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, 7¼" x 9¾" Museum Purchase, 50.48.99 ProvenanceDan Fellows Platt, Englewood, N.J., d. 1938; Mrs. Platt,1938-50; Chrysler Museum Purchase, 1950 Exhibition HistoryPrinceton, 1928. "Exhibition of Drawings from the Collection of Dan Fellows Platt loaned to the College Art Association," The Brooklyn Museum, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1932. "Catalogue of the Exhibition and Sale of The Dan Fellows Platt Collection of Drawings and Water-colors by Artists from the 17th to the 20th Centuries," Victor D. Spark Studio, New York City, May - Oct., 1949. (Exhib. cat. no. 135). "Old Master Drawings, Fall Exhibition, Norfolk Society of Arts," Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science, Norfolk, Nov. - Dec., 1950. (Exhib. cat. no. 16). "One Hundred Drawings in the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, March 2 - May 6, 1979. (Exhib. cat. no. 33). "Master Drawings from the Chrysler Museum," Small Changing Gallery, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, February 26 - April 23, 1989. Published ReferencesEric M. Zafran. _One Hundred Drawings in the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. Chrysler Museum. 1979. No. 33. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum. 1991. Color plate 57, p. 76.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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