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The Emperor Charles V Honors Ippolyto da Porta

Artist Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727-1804)

Dateca. 1757

MediumPen and ink with chalk on paper

DimensionsOverall: 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (21.9 x 16.8 cm)

ClassificationsEuropean art

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number50.48.101

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DescriptionDrawing in pen and brown ink, with brown wash over slight traces of black chalk, mounted on another sheet. Study for one of six grisaille frescoes painted for the da Porto family at their palazzo in Vicenza about 1757. Charles V is seated at the left and Ippolyto da Porto stands to the right while between them is his prisoner John Frederick, Duke of Saxony. Inscribed in pen in an old hand middle upper edge, "Tiepoleto." Pasted on the verso of the mount an old sticker inscribed "No. 8439." Framed 10/1979.
Label TextGiovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian (1727-1804) The Emperor Charles V Honors Ippolyto da Porta, ca. 1757 Pen and ink with chalk on paper, 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Museum purchase 50.48.101