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134 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Woman with Chained Arms and Four Figures. ca. 1739–1743. Etching. 135 × 174 mm. Sheet: 172 × 218 mm. De Vesme, 9. Rizzi (1971), 35. Succi, 47. Signed “Tiepolo” at the base of the column on the left. Plate from the *Capricci*, a series of ten engravings executed by Giovanni Battista between 1739 and 1743 (more recently, Jaco Rutgers has proposed a date of execution between 1733 and 1735) and published for the first time by Anton Maria Zanetti in the second volume of the third edition of his *Raccolta di varie stampe a chiaroscuro*… in Venice MDCCXLIX. The *Capricci* were republished as a standalone edition dedicated to Girolamo Manfrin in 1785. A beautiful print in its only state, printed in sepia on thick laid paper with a portion of the watermark showing a “crowned coat of arms surmounted by a crescent moon.” On the reverse, at the bottom, an unidentified collector’s mark with the letters “J.M.” (Lugt, 1487). Bibliography: J. Rutgers, “The Dating of Tiepolo’s Capricci and Scherzi,” in *Print Quarterly*, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, September 2006, pp. 254–263. (1) Copy with 10/22 mm margins mounted at the top on modern cardstock. A few sporadic spots of foxing.
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Woman with Chained Arms and Four Figures. ca. 1739–1743. Etching. 135 × 174 mm. Sheet: 172 × 218 mm. De Vesme, 9. Rizzi (1971), 35. Succi, 47. Signed “Tiepolo” at the base of the column on the left. Plate from the *Capricci*, a series of ten engravings executed by Giovanni Battista between 1739 and 1743 (more recently, Jaco Rutgers has proposed a date of execution between 1733 and 1735) and published for the first time by Anton Maria Zanetti in the second volume of the third edition of his *Raccolta di varie stampe a chiaroscuro*… in Venice MDCCXLIX. The *Capricci* were republished as a standalone edition dedicated to Girolamo Manfrin in 1785. A beautiful print in its only state, printed in sepia on thick laid paper with a portion of the watermark showing a “crowned coat of arms surmounted by a crescent moon.” On the reverse, at the bottom, an unidentified collector’s mark with the letters “J.M.” (Lugt, 1487). Bibliography: J. Rutgers, “The Dating of Tiepolo’s Capricci and Scherzi,” in *Print Quarterly*, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, September 2006, pp. 254–263. (1) Copy with 10/22 mm margins mounted at the top on modern cardstock. A few sporadic spots of foxing.
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