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Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd around a veiled woman and a man with a staff, on a checkered floor beside tall columns.

The Betrothal of the Virgin

A crowded wash drawing in brown ink shows a richly dressed woman in a pale veil at center, flanked by figures in tunics and a robed man holding a staff. Onlookers with raised poles fill a checkered marble floor beneath tall columns and a soft cloud.

Artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Date
ca. 1770
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk.
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3095 × 3866 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1775).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Español: El desposorio de la Virgen

Un dibujo aguado en tinta parda muestra en el centro a una mujer con velo claro, rodeada de figuras con túnicas y de un hombre con bastón. Una multitud con astas levantadas llena un suelo de mármol a cuadros bajo columnas altas y una nube suave.

Português: O desposório da Virgem

Um desenho em aguada de tinta marrom mostra, no centro, uma mulher com véu claro cercada por figuras de túnica e por um homem com um bastão. Uma multidão com hastes erguidas enche um piso de mármore xadrez sob colunas altas e uma nuvem suave.