Door
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
c. 1750
Medium
Wood, gessoed and lacquered with polychrome decoration and gilding
Dimensions
277.9 × 149 × 7.7 cm (109 3/8 × 58 5/8 × 3 in.)
Classification
wood
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
79763
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...