One of the Sons of Noah who Goes to Populate a Part of the Earth (Uno de figli di Noè che va a popolare una parte della terra)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 14 1/8 × 19 11/16 in. (35.8 × 50 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.327
Tags
Art Historical Context
This evocative etching, titled *One of the Sons of who Goes to Populate a of the Earth*, captures pivotal biblical moment from the Book of Genesis. Created between 1743 and 1763, it is attributed to Giovanni Domenico Tiep, the Venetian Rococo master and son of Giambatt Tiepolo, with contributions from contemporaries Pietro Monaco and Giovanni Benedettoiglione (Il Grechetto The work depicts one of Noah's sons— Shem, Ham, or Japheth—venturing forth after the Flood to repopulate the earth,izing renewal, migration, and humanity's spread across the globe. In this trimmed sheet measuring 14⅛ × 19⅞ ...
About the Artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo|Pietro Monaco|Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) · 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...