Bacchus and Ariadne
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · Italian
Date: ca. 1740
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk.
Dimensions: 12 5/16 x 9 9/16 in. (31.2 x 24.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Met highlightDate range
1737 – 1743
Largest dimension
24.3 cm
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