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Lot 3060* - A182 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 22. September 2017, 03.00 PM

GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO

(Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)
Time discovering Truth. 1740–1750. Bozzetto.
Oil on canvas.
69.5 × 55.4 cm.

Provenance:
- Trotti-Nicole collection, Paris, 1932.
- Robert von Hirsch collection (1883-1977), Frankfurt until 1933, later Basel, No. 9 (label verso).
- Sotheby's, London, 27.6.1978, Lot 112.
- European private collection.
- Sotheby's, London, 8.12.2004.
- European private collection.

Exhibited:
- Frankfurt 1925, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Ausstellung von Meisterwerken alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz, No. 237.
- Paris 1932, Trotti Gallery.

Literature:
- Georg Swarzenski: Ausstellung von Meisterwerken alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz, Sommer 1925, Frankfurt, 1926, Cat. 212, fig. 88.
- Antonio Morassi: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings of G. B. Tiepolo, Including Pictures by His Pupils and Followers, Wrongly Attributed to Him: With 429 Illustrations, London 1962, p. 3, with ill. Fig. 323.
- Anna Pallucchini and Guido Piovene: L'opera Completa Di Giambattista Tiepolo, Milano 1968, p. 110, Cat. 160a.
- Massimo Gemin and Filippo Pedrocco: Giambattista Tiepolo. I Dipinti. Opera Completa, Venice 1993, p. 374, Cat. 329a, with ill.
- Massimo Gemin and Filippo Pedrocco: Giambattista Tiepolo. Paintings and Frescoes, Venice 1995, p. 216.


CHF 30 000 / 40 000 | (€ 30 930 / 41 240)

Sold for CHF 138 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.