Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
The Holy Family descending a forest path, near a flock and some shepherds, Number 21

The Holy Family descending a forest path, near a flock and some shepherds, Number 21

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The Holy Family descending a forest path, near a flock and some shepherds, Number 21
ArtistItalian, 1727–1804
CultureItalian
Titles
  • The Holy Family descending a forest path, near a flock and some shepherds, Number 21
  • from the series Idee Pittoresche sopra la fugga in Egitto [Picturesque Ideas on the Flight into Egypt (The Flight into Egypt)]
Datec. 1752, published 1753
MediumEtching on Venetian laid paper, state II/II
DimensionsPlate: 7 7/16 × 9 13/16 in. (18.9 × 24.9 cm)
 Sheet: 8 1/4 × 18 5/8 in. (21 × 47.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig Calvert
Object number2015.392
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceBrentano-Birckenstock, Vienna and Frankfurt (Lugt 345); [Kunsthandel Jörg Wetterauer, Stuttgart]; purchased by Dr. Craig Calvert, Cypress, Texas, November 2004-December 2015; given to MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in image, bottom center: 21
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in image, right bottom edge: Do. (?) Tiepolo in et fecit anno 1753
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left: [illegible] / L. 345
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center bottom edge: 62 [encircled]
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in image, right bottom edge: Do. (?) Tiepolo in et fecit anno 1753
Verso: Collector’s Stamp in blue ink, bottom left corner: [B with filigree]
Watermark: [inaccessible]
Catalogue raisonnéde Vesme 21; Rizzi (1971) 87; Russell 83; Succi 62; Knox (1976) 108 (only state known)

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