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Artist |
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
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Title |
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Portrait of a lady as Flora
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Medium |
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oil on canvas |
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Size |
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34.8 x 27.5 in. / 88.3 x 69.9 cm. |
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Description |
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Giambattista Tiepolo (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid)
Portrait of a lady as Flora
oil on canvas, unlined, unframed
34_ x 27½ in. (88.3 x 69.9 cm.) |
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Sale Of |
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Christie's London: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
[Lot 40]
Old Master & British Pictures (Evening Sale)
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Estimate |
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Sold For |
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Provenance |
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Possibly among the series of pictures commissioned by Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709-1762) from Giambattista Tiepolo, by 1760.
In the family château of the present owners since at least the 19th century
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