Jesus in the House of Jairus
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1790/1804
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown and black and gray wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
47.8 × 38.1 cm (18 7/8 × 15 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
12188
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...