The Disrobing of Christ
Medium
pen and brown and black ink, brush and black, brown, and red-brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
image: 46.1 × 36.2 cm · sheet: 47.9 × 38.2 cm
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1999.5
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About this artwork
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, an important Venetian fresco painter of the 18th century, is best known today for his highly finished historical drawings that ingeniously incorporate details from daily life. This drawing, from a suite of more than 260 sheets known as the Large Biblical Series, depicts the Disrobing of Christ (the tenth Station of the Cross). A trio of patriarchs watch as Roman soldiers strip Jesus of his robe, a mob brews in the background, and over the lip of the hill, Roman soldier...