Joseph and Mary Passing a Shepherd and His Flock, ca. 1753

  • Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 1727-1804

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 7 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (19.1 × 24.4 cm) Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 3/4 inches (24.1 × 32.4 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1150.3

Signed, in plate, lower left of image: Domeo: Tiepolo | invo. et inc.

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

Inscribed, in plate, center lower edge of image: 11 Inscribed, in pencil, lower left corner of sheet: 1150a Inscribed, lower right corner: -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, nos. 72 and 73.

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Joseph and Mary Passing a Shepherd and His Flock, ca. 1753, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1150.3.