Profile of an Old Man, Turk Seen from the Front, Turk with Fur Hat, and Old Man with a Beard
Medium
Four etchings on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
115 × 83 mm (image, upper left); 118 × 85 mm (plate, upper left); 115 × 82 mm (image, lower right); 119 × 84 mm (plate, upper right); 113 × 81 mm (image, lower left); 118 × 84 mm (plate, lower left); 120 × 88 mm (image, lower right); 124 × 91 mm (plate, lower right); 545 × 388 mm (sheet)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
128375
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...