Standing Figure Wearing a Hat
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
c. 1760?
Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 18.5 × 10.9 cm (7 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.), corners removed
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Donald Stone
Accession Number
2022.40.29
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...