Old Man with a Beard, Bearded Old Man with a Hat, Old Man with Decorative Cap
Medium
Four etchings on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
130 × 109 mm (image, upper left); 135 × 112 mm (plate, upper left); 129 × 107 mm (image/plate, upper right); 122 × 89 mm (image, lower center); 125 × 92 mm (plate, lower center); 545 × 390 mm (sheet)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
128380
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...