Standing Man in a Turban, Holding a Sword

1696–1770

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions: 9-7/16 x 5-13/16 in. (23.9 x 14.7 cm)
Collection no.: 1975.131.52
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Standing Man in a Turban, Holding a Sword. The Metropolitan Museum of Art via Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Standing Man in a Turban, Holding a Sword — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. 1696–1770.

Medium: Pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk. Dimensions: 9-7/16 x 5-13/16 in. (23.9 x 14.7 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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