Lot 25 · Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours
A figure seen di sotto in sù holding a laurel wreath
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, fragmentary indistinct watermark
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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,634–$7,723
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours, London · 7 July 2015
- Dimensions
- 8 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (20.8 x 16 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4138207
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, A figure seen di sotto in sù holding a laurel wreath. Christie's, 7 Jul 2015, lot 25. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4138207.
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, A figure seen di sotto in sù holding a laurel wreath. Christie's, 7 Jul 2015, lot 25. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4138207.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Studies of centaurs and two male nudes ( recto ), Studies of centaurs… | Giovanni Ambrogio Figino | £4,000–£6,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | A Figure Holding a Torch, Seen from Below | $6,930 | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | |
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Head and Shoulders of a bearded man | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | a villa surrounded by trees | Sotheby's, Jan 2019 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | The brazen serpent | Sotheby's, Jun 2009 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Caricature of a corpulent man seen from behind, wearing a ha | Christie's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Study of an angel holding a jar, three quarter length ( rect | Christie's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | A standing man seen from behind | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Mar 2016 |
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