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The Last Communion of St. Jerome, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770), Public domain

The Last Communion of St. Jerome

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770) · c. 1726 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk heightened with lead white

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CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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About this picture

The Last Communion of St. Jerome is a CC0 drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770), dated c. 1726. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk heightened with lead white. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.

“The Last Communion of St. Jerome” (c. 1726) 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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