Heilige Jozef met Christuskind in armen, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1741 - 1745

Title(s)

Heilige Jozef met Christuskind in armen

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1950-648

Catalogue reference

• De Vesme 2-1(2)
• Rizzi 28-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Place

Italy

Dating

1741 - 1745

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 96 mm × width 88 mm

What

• St. Joseph as foster-father of Christ, holding the child in his arms or leading him by the hand

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the J.W. Edwin Vom Rath Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1950

Copyright

Public domain

• The etchings of the Tiepolos : complete edition, Aldo Rizzi, Lucia Wildt, p. 82, 83, cat.nr. 28
• Le Peintre-graveur italien : ouvrage faisant suite au Peintre-graveur de Bartsch, p. 382, cat.nr. 2