Title Page to The Flight into Egypt
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
12.1 × 18.9 cm (4 13/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43795
Art Historical Context
Step into the whimsical world of 18th-century Venetian Rococo with Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo's *Title Page to The Flight into Egypt* (1753). This enchanting etching captures the biblical story of the Holy Family's escape from King Herod, rendered as the opening page to Tiepolo's celebrated series of 24 prints. Domenico, son of the illustrious Giambattista Tiepolo, inherited his father's flair for dramatic light, fluid lines, and playful exuberance, infusing sacred narratives with a sense of movement and joy. Crafted as an etching on laid paper, this intimate work (just 12.1 × 18.9 cm) showcas...
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...