Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727 - 1804)

THE HOLY FAMILY CROSSING THE LAKE IN A BOAT. 1753. Rizzi 83i (of ii), before the number, Russell 79. Etching, 178 x 237 mm (7 x 9 5⁄16”) trimmed on or just outside the platemark. A fine, delicate proof impression, very similar to the ones in the Rosenwald Collection: “Such proofs before the addition of numbers are exceedingly rare. They are inked rather unevenly and printed on thin sheets…”. H. Diane Russell: Rare Etchings by Giovanni Battista and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1972, pg. 14. Plate 17 from the series The Flight into Egypt.
Provenance: Mary Jordan (not in Lugt).

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