Sketch for the Flight into Egypt [verso]
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1750/1755
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Medium
graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 25.1 x 31.4 cm (9 7/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kate Ganz in memory of Victor and Sally Ganz
Accession Number
1997.87.1.b
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...