About the Artwork
The Patron Saints of the Crotta Family
between mid-18th and early 19th century
After Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Artist) Italian, 1696-1770 Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Artist) Italian, 1727-1804
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 10 3/8 × 14 3/4 inches (26.4 × 37.5 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund
58.221
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, below image: Procerum ex Familia Crotta Sanctorum Icones, | Quas Pater pinxit, obsequi:.mo animo Filius incidens | EXCEL.MO N.I VIRO D:D:IO.I ANTO.IO CROTTA Q:D:ALEXN . [~ above XN] | D:D:D: Inscribed, lower left: IOS: Dom. Tiepolo Ios. Bapta. Filius. Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [minor notations]
Provenance
1958-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
Provenance pageExhibition History
Please note: This section is empty
The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.
We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackPublished References
Please note: This section is empty
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackCatalogue Raisoneé
Please note: This section is empty
Credit Line for Reproduction
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo; after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Patron Saints of the Crotta Family, between mid-18th and early 19th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund, 58.221.
Feedback
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction or improvement.
Suggest Feedback
