The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · c. 1719 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek is a public-domain drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated c. 1719. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek” (c. 1719) has Tiepolo’s pale light and figures set high, the manner of his ceilings, even when the sheet is a drawing or an etching rather than the fresco.
About the artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770) was a Venetian painter of ceilings and altarpieces. The light is pale, and the figures are often seen from below. He also left a large group of etchings and drawings.
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