DrawingsItalian18th century

A Sacrifice

c. 1728

Artists

Giovanni Battista TiepoloArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37.2 × 26 cm (14 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (by 1933), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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