Virgin and Child with Saint John of the Cross (?), Saint Sebastian, and Saint Peter of Alcantara
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
ca. 1731–35
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk
Dimensions
17 15/16 x 11 13/16 in. (45.6 x 30 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.440
Tags
MenMadonna and ChildSaints
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...