May 06, 2021 - Sale 2566

Sale 2566 - Lot 148

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
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.