Illustration for a Book:  Reception of a Bishop Leading an Army at 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: Black chalk.   Horizontal and vertical centering lines ruled in faint black chalk
Dimensions: 3-1/8 x 6-1/4 in.  (8.0 x 15.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Gates|Army|Bishops|Horses