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Caricature of Two Women Seen From Behind
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Caricature of Two Women Seen From Behind

late 18th century

Medium

Pen and gray ink, brown and gray wash

Tags

Dimensions

6 1/8 x 7 11/16 in. (15.6 x 19.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Rights

Public Domain

About Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

1727–1804Republic of Venice

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) was a Venetian painter, printmaker, and draftsman whose career spanned the twilight of the Rococo era and marked a crucial transition toward more naturalistic artistic expression in 18th-century Italy. Born on August 30, 1727 in Venice as the eldest son of the celebrated Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, he worked both in his father's monumental shadow and as a significant independent artist who developed a distinctly earthbound and humanistic vision.