Standing Man, Facing Half Right
ca. 1760
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash
Dimensions
8 13/16 x 5 1/2 in. (22.4 x 14 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.434
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the grand tradition of Venetian Rococo artistry, Giovanni Battista Tiep's *Standing Man, Facing Right* (ca. 1760) captures the artist's masterful draftsmanship in a compact study from the Robert Lehman Collection at Metropolitan Museum of Art.iepolo, a leading figure of the 18th century, was renowned for his sweeping frescoes adorning palaces and churches across Europe, but his pen-and-ink drawings reveal an intimate side of his genius. This sheet, measuring just 8 13/16 x 5 1/2 inches, likely served as a preparatory sketch, honing the fluid poses that animated his larger compositions. Exe...
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...