The Family of the oriental Peasant, from the Scherzi
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
ca. 1740
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (22.2 x 19.1 cm) Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (22.2 x 17.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.84.1
Tags
AnimalsChildrenMenWomenOwlsFamily
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...