Death Giving Audience | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G3838
People: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian (Venice, Italy 1696 - 1770 Madrid, Spain)
Title: Death Giving Audience
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Varj cappricj
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1743
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/274016

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 14.2 x 17.7 cm (5 9/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 19.3 x 23.5 cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: Tiepolo
inscription: etched in plate, lower left: Tiepolo

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DeV. 10

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G3838
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986

Verification Level

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G3838: Death Giving Audience