'Detail study for the Hyacinth in Bückeburg.', c1752, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

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'Detail study for the Hyacinth in Bückeburg, and detail for the Ceiling Painting on the Staircase-hall of the Würzburg Residence', c1752, (1928). Chalk on paper. Study for 'The Death of Hyacinthus', owned by the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, and for the ceiling frescoes of the staircase-hall of the Würzburg Residence, Germany. Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany. 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]

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