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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
GIOVANNI D. TIEPOLO The Triumph of Hercules.
Etching, circa 1780. 690x508 mm; 27 1/4x20 inches, wide margins. Third state (of 3), with the number upper left. Crowned coat-of-arms with a hand and sword watermark with a triple crescent countermark. A very good impression of this large, important and scarce etching, with strong contrasts.
We have found only 8 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years.
This etching is based on Giovanni B. Tiepolo's ceiling fresco in the Royal Palace, Madrid. DeVesme 101; Rizzi 147.
