The Rest on the Flight, plate thirteen from The Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

1750, published 1753

The Rest on the Flight, plate thirteen from The Flight into Egypt by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Medium

Etching on paper

Dimensions

19.3 × 24.7 cm (7 5/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

Classification

etching

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

43829

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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