A Crowd of Ancient Warriors, Orientals, and Two Boys, Gathering for a Sacrifice
ca. 1743
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
7 11/16 x 11 in. (19.5 x 28 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.505
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art lies a dynamic pen and brown ink drawing by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, *A Crowd of Ancient, Orientals, and Boys, Gathering for a*, created around 1743. At just 16 years old the young Venetian artist—son of the famed Giovanni Battista Tiepolo—ured this bustling scene on a modest sheet measuring 7 /16 x 11 inches. Pen and brown ink was a favored medium for 18th-century draftsmen like Domenico, enabling swift, expressive lines that convey movement and depth in preparatory sketches. The composition teems with ancient warriors, exot...
About the Artist
Giovanni Domenico 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...