Illustration for a Book:  Two Monks Kneeling before a Doge and an Emperor (Doge Ziani and Emperor Barbarossa?)
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: 3-1/16 x 6-1/4 in.  (7.8 x 15.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Kings|Monks