Old Man with a Book, Old Man with a Magnifying Glass, Old Man Meditating, Old Man with a Large Hat
Medium
Four etchings on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
142 × 109 mm (image/plate, upper left); 145 × 117 mm (image/plate, upper right); 142 × 118 mm (image, lower left); 149 × 119 mm (plate, lower left); 149 × 113 mm (image, lower right); 152 × 115 mm (plate, lower right); 544 × 385 mm (sheet)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
128366
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...