Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
The Baptism of Christ

CultureItalian
Titles
  • The Baptism of Christ
Dateno date
PlaceVenice, Italy
MediumPen and ink and wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 11 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (28.6 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number73.179
Not on view

Explore Further

Provenance[Part of an album of 162 drawings which probably belonged to Francesco Guardi, uncle of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, then to Horace Walpole, Twickenham, England]; purchased as album by William Lygon, 1st Earl Beauchamp; Paul Drey Gallery, New York; purchased by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1973
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The sheet is inscribed in ink, lower left corner: “Dom. Tiepolo”


Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

A Servant before a Group of Orientals
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
c. 1745-50
Pen and ink, brush and ink, and gray wash on antique laid paper
2017.381
The Triumph of Bacchus
Domenico Piola
c. 1642–1703
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk, squared for transfer with red chalk on laid paper
2015.260
The Madonna and Child with the infant Saint John the Baptist
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
17th century
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash on laid paper
2023.182
The Fall of Phaeton
Giovanni Battista Foggini
c. 1710–24
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, and heightened with white on laid paper
2020.479
The Holy Family descending a forest path, near a flock and some shepherds, Number 21
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
c. 1752, published 1753
Etching on Venetian laid paper, state II/II
2015.392
Venice Receiving Homage from Neptune
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1745/1750
Etching with engraving on laid paper, State II/III
2018.39
River Landscape with Figures in a Boat and Two Travelers in the Distance
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
c. 1620s–1640s
Pen and brown ink on laid paper
2016.307
Mars brandishing a sword
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
c. 1640
Pen and brown iron gall ink on laid paper
2022.10
Effects of Sunlight, St. Peter's Colonnades
Hubert Robert
c. 1762
Pen and brown ink and brown wash with white pigment on laid paper, laid down on laid paper with blue (partially faded to green) laid paper border and ruled in black ink
2023.190
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
possibly 18th century or probably 19th century
Brush and brown wash, probably bistre, pen and brown ink over red ink underdrawing heightened and corrected with white lead on paper
83.224
Sketch for "Madame" Cactus (Cactus Woman)
Julio González
1939
Pen and ink, ink wash, and graphite on wove paper
73.28