The Minuet
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/4 in. × 19 in. (36.2 × 48.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession Number
24.63.777
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the graceful world of 18th-century with *The Minuet* (1765), a etching and engraving by Giacomois and Giovanni Domenico Tolo. This print captures an elegant dancing couple mid-minuet—a refined, slow-paced ballroom dance that epitomized aristocratic refinement during the Rococo era. Surrounded by musical instruments, men, and women in period attire, the scene evokes the lively social gatherings of Europe's courts and Venetian salons, where music and movement intertwined to showcase poise and harmony. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, son of the famed Giambattista Tiepolo, collaborated with ...
About the Artist
Giacomo Leonardis|Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian|Italian) · 1723 |1727 –1794 |1804
Italian, 1723–1794|Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice