God the Father Supported by Angels in Clouds, II
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
c. 1759
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown-gray wash, over traces of black chalk, on paper
Dimensions
28 × 19.7 cm (11 1/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28652
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...