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Adoration of the Magi, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770), Public domain

Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770) · c. 1740 · etching

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

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About this picture

Adoration of the Magi is a CC0 illustration by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770), dated c. 1740. Etching. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.

“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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