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Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Offering the Decapitated Head of a Man and Keys to a General

Giovanni Battista TiepoloWW-1696-T004480

1696·Black chalk reworked with traces of red chalk. Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk·2-15/16 x 6-1/8 in. (7.5 x 15.5 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1696
Medium: Black chalk reworked with traces of red chalk. Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk
Dimensions: 2-15/16 x 6-1/8 in. (7.5 x 15.5 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Painting

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, also known as Giambattista Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. He was prolific, and worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain.

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