The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
c. 1719
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
37 × 51.1 cm (14 5/8 × 20 1/8 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
111378
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...