DrawingsItalian18th century

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

c. 1730-1739

Artists

Giovanni Battista TiepoloArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over traces of black chalk on white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

43 x 29 cm (16 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.) framed: 58.4 x 44.5 x 2.5 cm (23 x 17 1/2 x 1 in.)

Provenance

Prince Alexis Orloff, Paris [sale, Galerie Georges Petit, April 29-30, 1920, lot 79]. Paul J. Sachs, by 1927, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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