Sotheby's sale of old master drawings held in
New York on January 29, 2014 totalled 4,006,125 USD (inclusive of buyer's
premium) thanks to two drawings by Giandomenico Tiepolo which were sold for
over 1,4 million USD.
Major results:
SANTI DI TITO
SANSEPOLCRO 1536 - 1602 FLORENCE
THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white,
over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on blue paper; within brown
ink framing lines
202 by 151 mm; 8 by 6 in
VENICE 1727 - 1804
PUNCHINELLO COLLAPSES ON THE ROAD
Pen and brown ink and two shades of brown wash over
black chalk, within brown ink framing lines;
signed lower right in pen and brown ink:domõ Tiepolo f.,and bears numbering top left in
pen and brown ink:13
360 by 475 mm; 14 1/4 by 18 3/4 in
Estimate
400,000—600,000USDLOT SOLD.695,000 USD(Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO
VENICE 1727 - 1804
INCONTRO AL MOLO: A 'CODEGA' SHOWING THE WAY TO A
NOBLE COUPLE ON A MOLO
Pen and brown ink and brown and gray wash over traces
of black chalk;
signed and dated in pen and brown ink over the roof of the gondola: Dom.co Tiepolo f. 1791
289 by 417 mm; 11 3/8 by 16 7/16 in
Estimate
600,000—800,000USDLOT SOLD.725,000 USD(Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
VENETIAN SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
RECTO: AN EXTENSIVE MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE WITH A
COUPLE IN THE FOREGROUND; VERSO: A MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES
Pen and brown ink,recto; red chalk,verso;
illegibly inscribed,verso
280 by 210 mm; 11 by 8 1/4 in
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