Christ Falls Beneath the Cross for the First Time, plate three from Stations of the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

c. 1748, published 1749

Christ Falls Beneath the Cross for the First Time, plate three from Stations of the Cross by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Medium

Etching on paper

Dimensions

21.6 × 18.2 cm (8 9/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Classification

etching

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

131047

About the Artist

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · 17271804

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...

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