The Presentation in the Temple

The Presentation in the Temple by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over charcoal and black chalk, and over some stylus lines with ruler and compass for architecture

Dimensions

sheet: 49.1 x 38.5 cm (19 5/16 x 15 3/16 in.) image: 47 x 36.3 cm (18 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2007.111.171

About the Artist

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · 17271804

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...

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