Eight Monkeys, a Dead Goose, and a Cormorant
mid-18th–early 19th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions
7 3/16 x 11 1/8 in. (18.2 x 28.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.528
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Art Historical Context
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, of the famed Venetian Rococo master Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, *Eight Monkeys, a Goose, and a Corm* in the mid-18th to early 19th century. This lively drawing, part of the Robert Lehman Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Tiepolo family's penchant for, theatrical scenes. Rendered in pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk a modest sheet measuring 7 3/16 x 11 1/8 inches, it captures the playful energy of Venetian draftsmanship during the late Rococo period. The composition brims with dynamic action: eight mischievous monkeys cavort around a life...
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...