Aged Dignitary Attended by Mercury and Prudence

1696–1770

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with pale and dark brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions: 11-5/8 x 9-3/4 in. (29.6 x 24.8 cm)
Collection no.: 37.165.43
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Aged Dignitary Attended by Mercury and Prudence. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Aged Dignitary Attended by Mercury and Prudence — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. 1696–1770.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with pale and dark brown wash, over black chalk. Dimensions: 11-5/8 x 9-3/4 in. (29.6 x 24.8 cm).

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

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1937.

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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