May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 186

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
GIACOMO LEONARDIS (after G. D. Tiepolo)
Allegory of Carnival.

Etching, 1765. 369x485 mm; 14 1/2x19 1/4 inches, thread margins. First state (of 2). A superb, dark and evenly-printed impression of this scarce etching, with strong contrasts.

Based on Tiepolo's painting Carnival Scene (or The Minuet), 1754-55, now in the Louvre, Paris. Succi 234.