Flight into Egypt: The Embarkment of the Holy Family
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770) · c. 1735 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; framing lines in black chalk
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About this picture
Flight into Egypt: The Embarkment of the Holy Family is a CC0 drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770), dated c. 1735. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; framing lines in black chalk. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Flight into Egypt: The Embarkment of the Holy Family” (c. 1735) 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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