The Virgin Appearing to St. Simon Stock
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
after 1743
Medium
Etching in black on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 61.8 × 40 cm (24 3/8 × 15 3/4 in.); Sheet: 75.3 × 53.9 cm (29 11/16 × 21 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
52797
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...