The Disrobing of Christ
c. 1785–90
- Medium
- pen and brown and black ink, brush and black, brown, and red-brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
- Dimensions
- 47.9 × 38.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-192377
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, an important Venetian fresco painter of the 18th century, is best known today for his highly finished historical drawings that ingeniously incorporate details from daily life. This drawing, from a suite of more than 260 sheets known as the Large Biblical Series, depicts the Disrobing of Christ (the tenth Station of the Cross). A trio of patriarchs watch as Roman soldiers strip Jesus of his robe, a mob brews in the background, and over the lip of the hill, Roman soldiers trumpet the Crucifixion. The figure of Jesus, who glows with the stark white color of Domenico’s …
Provenance
Wade Fund, 1999.5
Registry history
- c. 1785–90 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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