Glory Crowning Virtue

Medium: Etching on laid paper
Dimensions: 388 x 197 mm. 15 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Reference: De Vesme 103; Rizzi 64, only state; David Tunick, Inc., Italian Prints of the Eighteenth Century, 1981, no. 229, and appendix as previously undescribed second state of two, with the number 34 in the upper left corner
Signature: Signed in the plate “Jos. Domenicus Tiepolo pinxit, et fecit” lower center
Watermark: Crowned shield with a hand holding a dagger
Provenance: Private collection, New York
Impression: Very good; trimmed to the platemark at the left edge, and within the platemark, but not within the borderline on the other three sides
Condition: Excellent condition; remnants of old hinges on verso