Illustration for a Book:  Troops Advancing toward a City Gate
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: See Metropolitan Museum of Art acc. nos. 59.600.176 - 59.600.212
Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Artist bio: Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1696–1770
Medium: Graphite or black chalk.  Horizontal and vertical centering lines and another vertical line in graphite or black chalk ruled at 1 cm to the left border
Dimensions: 3-3/8 x 6-3/4 in.  (8.6 x 17.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Horses|Gates|Soldiers|Spears