Head of a Bishop

ca. 1742–57

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and light brown ink, wash, over black chalk
Dimensions: 8 5/16 x 5 11/16 in. (21.1 x 14.5 cm)
Collection no.: 1975.1.423
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Head of a Bishop. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Head of a Bishop — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. ca. 1742–57.

Medium: Pen and light brown ink, wash, over black chalk. Dimensions: 8 5/16 x 5 11/16 in. (21.1 x 14.5 cm).

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

Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.

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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