Centaur Embracing a Satyress
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727–1804
Medium
Pen and dark brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over traces of black chalk
Dimensions
7-9/16 x 10-13/16 in. (19.2 x 27.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1937
Accession Number
37.165.58
Tags
CentaursSatyrs
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...