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A red and white chalk study of Vittoria’s marble bust of Guilio Contarini. Contarini is seen in profile, his flowing beard and hair merging with the white of the page. A red and white chalk study of Vittoria’s marble bust of Guilio Contarini. Contarini is seen in profile, his flowing beard and hair merging with the white of the page. A red and white chalk study of Vittoria’s marble bust of Guilio Contarini. Contarini is seen in profile, his flowing beard and hair merging with the white of the page.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Study after Alessandro Vittoria's Bust of Giulio Contarini,

Maker

  • Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Title

Study after Alessandro Vittoria's Bust of Giulio Contarini

Medium

chalk, white heightening

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Red and white chalk on blue laid paper

Techniques

  • Red and white chalk on blue laid paper

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 23.3 x 16.8 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/8 inches)

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

48.427

Study after Alessandro Vittoria's Bust of Giulio Contarini

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A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

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Venice in the Eighteenth Century

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Drawing Closer

Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
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Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Venice in the Eighteenth Century

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Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

March 12 - September 4, 2022

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century

January 12 - February 5, 1967

Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection

March 17 - April 16, 1961
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