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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Venus Entrusting an Infant to Time

1752-1762

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Venus Entrusting an Infant to Time

1752-1762

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 522 x 344 mm. (20 9/16 x 13 9/16 in.) Plate: 459 x 291 mm. (18 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Ruth Cole Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Object Number 2011.293
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2011; Ruth Cole Kainen, Chevy Chase, MD; Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Chevy Chase, MD

Inscribed: Lower center in plate "Joannes Bapta Tiepolo inv: et pinx / Joannes Doninicus Filius del: et fecit." upper left stamped "36"

Markings: None

Artist

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

1726–1803

Italian, 1727-1804
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Artist

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

1695–1769

Italian, 1696-1770
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