Scene of Contemporary Life: The Acrobats
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727–1804
Medium
Pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk
Dimensions
11-7/16 x 16-1/4 in. (29 x 41.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1968
Accession Number
68.54.4
Tags
MenWomenSpectatorsAcrobats
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...