Satyr Family in a Wild Landscape
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
ca. 1771–91
Medium
Pen and dark brown ink, over pen and lighter ink, with gray wash
Dimensions
7 1/2 x 10 7/16 in. (19 x 26.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.496
Tags
SatyrsFamily
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...