Beheading of Two Male Saints — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Beheading of Two Male Saints, 1696–1770. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Beheading of Two Male Saints

by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)
Date: 1696–1770
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk. Traces of red chalk at upper and lower right; framing lines in black chalk, and pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 19-11/16 x 14-1/2 in. (50 x 36.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1937
Accession no.: 37.165.14

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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