Adoration of the Magi
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
c. 1740
Medium
Etching on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 41.7 × 28.3 cm (16 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.); Plate: 43.2 × 29 cm (17 1/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Sheet: 54.7 × 39.5 cm (21 9/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
7742
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1696–1770
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) stands as the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, a Venetian master whose luminous frescoes and dynamic compositions defined the Rococo era's aesthetic zenith. Born in Venice on March 5, 1696, to a modest shipping merchant family, Tiepolo's extraordinary talent transcended his humble origins to establish him as the most sought-after artis...