The Adoration of the Magi
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770) · c. 1740 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black chalk
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About this picture
The Adoration of the Magi is a CC0 drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770), dated c. 1740. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black chalk. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“The Adoration of the Magi” (c. 1740) 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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