About the Artwork
The Holy Family Passing by a Pyramid
ca. 1753
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804
Italian
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 7 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (18.7 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 3/4 inches (23.8 × 32.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1150.7
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Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower right of image: 20 Inscribed, in pencil, lower right corner: -5- Inscribed, in black ink, verso: BGR
Stamp, in purple, verso: J. PEOLI. (Lugt 2020) Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)
Provenance
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)
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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. 82.
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, The Holy Family Passing by a Pyramid, ca. 1753, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1150.7.
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