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The Temptation of Saint Anthony

A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with black chalk and traces of charcoal, heightened with touches of white gouache, on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with black chalk and traces of charcoal, heightened with touches of white gouache, on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1734

Artist:

Giambattista Tiepolo
Italian, 1696-1770

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giambattista Tiepolo

Title

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1720–1734

Medium

Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with black chalk and traces of charcoal, heightened with touches of white gouache, on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, bottom edge, in pen and brown ink: "'vdi 4 Marzo 1760 Venezia / dal Sig(r) Davide Ant(o) Fosati o ricevuto io Pietro Monaco / zecchini tre e questo per pagamento del Presente / disegno originale de Sig(r) Gio. Batta. Tiepolo al 260'"

Dimensions

40 × 24.7 cm (15 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Helen Regenstein Collection

Reference Number

1964.347

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