Beheading of Two Male Saints — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | DiscoverArt

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Beheading of Two Male Saints

1696–1770

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk. Traces of red chalk at upper and lower right. Framing lines in black chalk, and pen and brown ink

50 × 36.8 cm (19.7 × 14.5 in)

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