Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1758–59 · Oil on canvas
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About this picture
Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken is a public-domain painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated 1758–59. Oil on canvas. The file comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken” (1758–59) 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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