The Holy Family with Saint John
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
ca. 1754–62
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash
Dimensions
11 7/16 x 7 15/16 in. (29.1 x 20.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.441
Tags
Holy FamilySaint John the BaptistJesusVirgin Mary
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1696–1770
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) stands as the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, a Venetian master whose luminous frescoes and dynamic compositions defined the Rococo era's aesthetic zenith. Born in Venice on March 5, 1696, to a modest shipping merchant family, Tiepolo's extraordinary talent transcended his humble origins to establish him as the most sought-after artis...