A Stag Lying Down (on a base): The Head of a Crocodile by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo — Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo. A Stag Lying Down (on a base): The Head of a Crocodile, after 1770. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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A Stag Lying Down (on a base): The Head of a Crocodile

by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

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Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)
Date: after 1770
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (28.5 x 20 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession no.: 1975.1.521

Provenance

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