Illustration for a Book:  Supplicants Imploring an Emperor for Peace
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: Black chalk.   Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk
Dimensions: 3 x 6-7/16 in.  (7.6 x 16.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Kings|Men