18th Century Drawing After A Fresco By Giambattista Tiepolo

Very beautiful study of the side scenes of the fresco "The sacrifice of Iphigenia" by Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770). The fresco is located in Villamarana near Vicenza. The central scene which represents the sacrifice did not interest the artist of this ink drawing, but the 2 side scenes. The one on the right shows Agamemnon covering his eyes with his coat, unable to bear the vision of his daughter's sacrifice. On the one on the left is represented a doe, brought by Cupid. She will replace Iphigenia as a sacrificial victim and thus symbolizes the divine intervention which will spare her life. The drawing highlighted with white and brown is in good condition, without the dirt at the top center we could speak of very good condition. Its pretty frame in gilded wood with leaf dates from the first half of the 19th century. It has 2 small losses at the corners of the top. I