Old Man with a Book, Old Man with His Hat on His Forehead, The Mathematician, Old Man with a Beard
Medium
Four etchings on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
141 × 112 mm (image/plate, upper left); 142 × 109 mm (image, upper right); 145 × 109 mm (plate, upper right); 150 × 120 mm (image, lower left); 152 × 120 mm (plate, lower left); 150 × 122 mm (image/plate, lower right); 545 × 385 mm (sheet)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
128371
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...