2-694-250 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Detail Studies for the Frescoes in the Kaisersaal in the Residence at Würzburg', 1751-1752, (1928). 'Studies for the Confirmation of Bishop Harald as Duke of Franconia', red chalk on paper. Study for fresco in the Kaisersaal of the Würzburg Residence, Germany. At one time known to have been in the collection of Herr FW Boehler, Lucerne, Switzerland. Italian Venetian painter and printmaker Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain. He was commissioned to carry out frescoes in churches and palaces, and was elected President of the Academy of Padua. As well as his large-scale majestic works, he also produced etchings and oil paintings, and is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the period. Illustration from The Drawings of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Volume II, by Detlev Baron Von Hadeln. [The Pegasus Press, Paris, 1928]