Seated Youth Leaning against an Urn
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1740/1743
Medium
etching in red-brown on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.9 x 18 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.) sheet: 21.8 x 26.3 cm (8 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1997.47.1
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1696–1770
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) stands as the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, a Venetian master whose luminous frescoes and dynamic compositions defined the Rococo era's aesthetic zenith. Born in Venice on March 5, 1696, to a modest shipping merchant family, Tiepolo's extraordinary talent transcended his humble origins to establish him as the most sought-after artis...