Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child, in an Interior
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash
Dimensions
9 5/8 x 6 15/16 in. (24.4 x 17.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.480
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the enchanting world of 18th-century Venetian art with Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo'sSaint Anthony of Padua the Christ Child, in Interior* (1770). The son of the famed Giambattista Tiep, Domenico carried forward his family's Rococo legacy, blending graceful elegance with spiritual depth. This intimate drawing captures the beloved Franciscan saint in a tender moment, cradling the infant Jesus amid angels in a cozy interior setting—a popular devotional motif evoking Anthony's legendary visions of the Christ Child. Executed in pen and brown ink with brown wash on paper (9 5/8 x 6 15/16 in...
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...