The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 24, 2023

God the Father with Angels and Cherubs

1758 or after

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

(Italian, 1727–1804)

Italy, 18th century

Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; traces of framing lines in silver paint

Support: Cream(2) laid paper, tipped on to cream(3) laid paper

Sheet: 28.1 x 19.8 cm (11 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.); Secondary Support: 34.4 x 25.2 cm (13 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1991.324

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

upper left, in brown ink: 23 ; RECTO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower right, in graphite: 27 1/2 19 1/2 [partially erased] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, upper right, in graphite: A - [69?] [underlined] / [good?] [underlined] ; lower left and lower center, in graphite: C. 182 DM Tiepolo / Asta 1928 / Venice

Provenance
Dan Fellows Platt, Englewood, New Jersy (Lugt 2066b, verso of secondary support, lower left, in blue ink) ; Mr. and Mrs A. Dean Perry (Perry stamp?, verso, lower left, in green ink: D.F.P. [circled]).
Exhibition history

CMA, "Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary" (Oct. 27, 1992-Jan. 3, 1993), cma Bulletin 80 (1993), p. 75 no. 319.

Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.324