Caricature of a Man, Full-Length, Facing Left
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1754/62
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
22.4 × 14.9 cm (8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113293
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...