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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.371
People
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian (Venice, Italy 1727 - 1804 Venice, Italy)
Title
Joseph Adoring the Child While Two Angels Sing
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Flight into Egypt, Plate 19
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1752
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370333

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 19 × 25 cm (7 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)
sheet: 21 × 27.2 cm (8 1/4 × 10 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Do. Tiepolo fece & inve / Anno 1787 / 19
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: SR[?]
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: 56
  • inscription: lower center, graphite: 19
  • inscription: verso, lower center, brown ink: Eam [?] forte faitic[?] en Egyptus - 1699 t. l.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Rizzi 85

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.371
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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