Satyr Surprising a Satyress
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1759/91
Medium
Pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown and gray wash, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
19.3 × 27.6 cm (7 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
107922
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...