The Presentation in the Temple
1785/1795
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 · 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...