The Holy Family
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1754/1762 · pen and brown ink with gray-brown wash on cream laid paper
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About this picture
The Holy Family is a public-domain drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated 1754/1762. Pen and brown ink with gray-brown wash on cream laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Holy Family” (1754/1762) 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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