Study for an Inkstand

ca. 1740–45

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, with splashes of brown wash on the left, over black chalk
Dimensions: 17 11/16 x 12 3/16 in. (45 x 31 cm)
Collection no.: 1975.1.425
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Study for an Inkstand. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Study for an Inkstand — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. ca. 1740–45.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, with splashes of brown wash on the left, over black chalk. Dimensions: 17 11/16 x 12 3/16 in. (45 x 31 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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