The Rest on the Flight with Joseph in Adoration
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of W.G. Russell Allen
Accession Number
1941.8.50
Art Historical Context
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo's *The Rest on the Flight with Joseph in Adoration* (1752) captures a tender moment from the biblical narrative of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt. Depicting Mary and the infant Jesus resting, with Joseph in reverent adoration, the etching draws from a cherished Christian motif symbolizing divine protection amid peril. Created during the height of Venice's Rococo era, it reflects the Tiepolo family's mastery of graceful, luminous compositions, blending emotional intimacy with elegant flourish. As an etching—a printmaking technique where acid bites into a copper p...
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...