The Burial of Punchinello
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
ca. 1800
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown and yellow wash, over black chalk.
Dimensions
13 7/8 x 18 5/8 in. (35.3 x 47.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.473
Tags
SadnessMenBurialsDeath
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...