Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) The Abduction... Lot 7

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) The Abduction of Dejanire Pen and brown ink wash over black stone lines Signed in brown ink lower right: Dom. Tiepolo, and numbered in brown ink lower right: 15 Presence of a watermark Numerous foxing and traces of folding The Abduction of Deianeira, Pen and brown ink wash over black stone lines, Signed in brown ink lower right: Dom. Tiepolo, and numbered in brown ink top left: 15, Presence of a watermark, (Numerous redness and traces of folding) 19,10 x 28 cm - 7,5 x 11 in. We would like to thank Professor Bernard Aikema for confirming the authenticity of this sheet on photo. This drawing belongs to the series known as the Centaurs, fauns and satyrs, and should be compared, among others, with two other sheets on the same subject but with different compositions : One preserved in the Fabre Museum in Montpellier (inv.864.2.864), the other in the Metropolitan Museum in New-York (inv. 37.165.57). Cf. n. 21, Eric Pagliano, L'atelier de l'œuvre - Dessins italiens du musée Fabre, Montpellier 2013, p. 98-99