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)
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
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About the Artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo|Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1727–1804
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...