The Holy Family Passing by a Pyramid, ca. 1753

  • Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 1727-1804

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)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1150.7

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

Inscribed, in plate, lower right of image: 20 Inscribed, in pencil, 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, no. 82.

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.