Joseph adoring the Child while two Angels sing, from: The Flight into Egypt

GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO (1727-1804) Joseph adoring the Child while two Angels sing, from: The Flight into Egypt etching, 1752, on laid paper, watermark Three Magi, a very fine, early proof impression of the first state (of two), before the plate number, printing with a rich, unevenly wiped plate tone, with various pentimenti along the left side of Joseph still distinct, the subject along the right sheet edge partially uninked, with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, in very good condition Plate 188 x 249 mm. Sheet 190 x 250 mm.