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A bearded, seated man looks over his right shoulder toward a child and woman bearing a vessel, possibly a variation on a theme of Armida and Adraste from 'Jerusalem delivered' (Gerusalemme liberata)

A bearded, seated man looks over his right shoulder toward a child and woman bearing a vessel, possibly a variation on a theme of Armida and Adraste from 'Jerusalem delivered' (Gerusalemme liberata) by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo|Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 13 5/8 x 6 11/16 in. (34.6 x 17 cm) Plate: 7 1/16 x 3 9/16 in. (18 x 9 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.415

Tags

MenWomenChildren

About the Artist

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo|Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 17271804

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) was a Venetian painter, printmaker, and draftsman whose career spanned the twilight of the Rococo era. Born on August 30, 1727, in Venice as the eldest son of the celebrated Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, he worked both in his father's shadow and as a significant independent artist who developed a distinctly earthbound and humanistic vision. Domenico's importance...

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