The Holy Family Descending a Forest Path, near a Flock and Some Shepherds, 1753

  • Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 1727-1804

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 7 1/2 × 9 7/8 inches (19.1 × 25.1 cm) Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 7/8 inches (21.6 × 32.7 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1150.8

Signed, in plate, lower right edge of image: DO: Tiepolo In: e fecit ANNO 1753 (D reversed)

Stamp, in purple, verso: J. PEOLI. (Lugt 2020) Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)

Inscribed, in plate, center lower edge of image: 21 Inscribed, in pencil, lower right corner of sheet: -5- Inscribed, in black ink, verso: BGR

May 1894, J.J. Peoli (New York, New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Russell, D. H. Rare Etchings by Giovanni Battista and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1972, p. 99, no. 83.

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, The Holy Family Descending a Forest Path, near a Flock and Some Shepherds, 1753, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1150.8.