The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Sebastian and a Franciscan Saint
1696–1770
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on beige paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
12-1/8 x 9-3/4 in. (30.8 x 24.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1937
Accession Number
37.165.6
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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...