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Centaur Carrying Off a Nymph

mid-18th–late 18th century
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Centaur Carrying Off a Nymph
  • Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)
  • Date: mid-18th–late 18th century
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, light brown and gray-brown wash
  • Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (27.3 x 29.9 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.495
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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