Title Page, Dedication, Portrait of Giambattista Tiepolo, Bearded Old Man
Medium
Four etchings on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
145 × 109 mm (image/plate, upper left); 147 × 111 mm (image/plate, upper right); 118 × 90 mm (image, lower left); 120 × 94 mm (plate, lower left); 115 × 82 mm (image, lower right); 118 × 82 mm (plate, lower right); 546 × 383 mm (sheet)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
52806
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...