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Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, Venice, 1727–1804

Turkeys in a Venetian Farmyard, the third drawing in Tiepolo’s series of 59 scenes of contemporary life.

ca. 1791

Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk

28.5 × 41 cm (11 1/4 × 16 1/8 in.)
Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, and Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903, Funds
1971.93
Geography: 
Made in Italy
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Culture: 
Italian
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors
Provenance: 

Sotheby's, London 11 Nov 1965, #29; Mr. & Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet (from 1965 at least through 1968)

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.