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The Game of Bowls

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804). 1797–1804. pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Cleveland Museum of Art.

The Game of BowlsGiovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804) · 1797–1804The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0
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The Game of Bowls — Drawing by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804). pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper.

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The Game of Bowls

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Maker
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804)
Date
1797–1804
Medium
pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper
Collection
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession
1937.571
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights
Public domain · CC0

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Drawing

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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

PaperMaterial

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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; [object Object]

Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; [object Object]

Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; [object Object]

Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper; [object Object]

Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite on antique laid paper

Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

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