Heilige familie passeren herder met kudde schapen en palmboom tijdens vlucht naar Egypte

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo's etching *Heilige familie pass herder met kuddeapen en palmboom tijdens naar Egypte* ( Family Passing a Shepherd with Flock of Sheep and Palm During the Flight to Egypt), created between 1750 and 1753, a tender moment from the biblical narrative in the Gospel of Matthew., the Virgin Mary, cradling the infant Jesus, rides alongside Joseph as they journey through a pastoral landscape, encountering a shepherd and his sheep beneath a stately palm tree. This intimate scene reflects the 18th-century Venetian fascination with religious stories, rendered in Tiepolo's charact...

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...