Beheading of Two Male Saints

1696–1770

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk. Traces of red chalk at upper and lower right. Framing lines in black chalk, and pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 19-11/16 x 14-1/2 in. (50 x 36.8 cm)
Collection no.: 37.165.14
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Beheading of Two Male Saints. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Beheading of Two Male Saints — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. 1696–1770.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk. Traces of red chalk at upper and lower right. Framing lines in black chalk, and pen and brown ink. Dimensions: 19-11/16 x 14-1/2 in. (50 x 36.8 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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