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Artists›Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian

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WA-00043082

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Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Artworks (12)

Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies, frontispiece for Paolantonio Paoli, Rovine della città di Pesto detta ancora Posidonia (1784)

1765 · figures, print — etching, engraving on off-white laid paper

33.1 x 23.5 cm (13 1/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for Dedication Page to Charles III of Spain and the Two Sicilies

1762 · Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, black chalk on white laid paper

H x W x D: 35.4 x 24.5cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/8in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Standing Youth and Seated Magus with Monkey on Leash, plate 18 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

1750 · figures, print — etching on laid paper

22.4 x 17.6 cm (8 13/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Two Magi and a Boy, plate 13 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

1750 · figures, print — etching on laid paper

22.3 x 17.7 cm (8 3/4 x 6 15/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Sketch for a Ceiling

1750 · oil on canvas

Framed: 51.5 x 43 x 6.5 cm (20 1/4 x 16 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 41 x 34 cm (16 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Head of a Young Man Looking Upwards to the Right

1747 · red chalk (with stumping) over black chalk, heightened with white chalk

Sheet: 22.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.); Secondary Support: 22.2 x 15.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Scherzi di Fantasia: Magician Pointing Out a Burning Head to Two Youths

1745 · etching

Sheet: 39 x 27.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.); Platemark: 22.6 x 18.5 cm (8 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (for the Augustinian monastery at Diessen, Germany)

1739 · oil on canvas

Framed: 67.5 x 45.5 x 6 cm (26 9/16 x 17 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 51.7 x 31.7 cm (20 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Adoration of the Magi

1735 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black chalk

Sheet: 38.7 x 28.5 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Annunciation

1734 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on off-white laid paper

40.8 x 28.7 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Flight into Egypt: The Embarkment of the Holy Family

1730 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; framing lines in black chalk

Sheet: 30 x 44.7 cm (11 13/16 x 17 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Last Communion of St. Jerome

1721 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk heightened with lead white

Sheet: 55.2 x 40.8 cm (21 3/4 x 16 1/16 in.); Secondary Support: 55.2 x 40.8 cm (21 3/4 x 16 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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12 published of 12 catalogued · 12 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Cooper Hewitt
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Smithsonian
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7 entries · 1 sources

Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (for the Augustinian monastery at Diessen, Germany)
1739 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Head of a Young Man Looking Upwards to the Right
1747 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Last Communion of St. Jerome
1721 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Scherzi di Fantasia: Magician Pointing Out a Burning Head to Two Youths
1745 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Adoration of the Magi
1735 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Flight into Egypt: The Embarkment of the Holy Family
1730 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Sketch for a Ceiling
1750 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Met Museum

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Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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