TIEPOLO. Il Merito incorona la Virtù. Etching and burin. 390x199 mm. Margins. State I/II. In the lower margin: Jo:s Dominicus Tiepolo pinxit et fecit. Good condition. Beautiful plate datable to 1749-50. The inscription at the bottom indicates beyond doubt that Giandomenico himself was the author of the corresponding painting, almost certainly executed for the Ca' Barbaro.

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