The Trinity in the Clouds Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice, 1727–1804)

ca. 1785

Prints and Drawings

On view, 4th floor, Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Medium

Pen and brown wash in various shades

Dimensions

sheet: 11 5/16 × 7 13/16 in. (28.8 × 19.8 cm)

Credit Line

Frederick M. Clapp, B.A. 1901, M.A. 1911, Fund

Accession Number

2018.97.1

Geography

Made in Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

18th century

Classification

Drawings

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Provenance
Prince Georg von Sachsen (1869-1938) (Lugt 1466 variant, collector’s stamp on 19th-century mount, verso); August Laube Inc. Buch- und Kunstantiquariat, 1994; Daniela Laube Fine Art, 2013; Pia Gallo since 2014
Bibliography
  • "Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2018), 125, ill
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 33, 36, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

landscapes (representations), religious art

Subject

Christianity Holy Trinity (Christian manifestation of God) Jesus Christ angels (spirits) crucifixions

Marks

Verso: Prince Johann Georg von Sachsen (Variant Lugt 1466)

Inscriptions

Numbered in ink at UL: 33

Signed

Signed center bottom in ink: Dom Tiepolo

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