Venus entrusting Cupid to Time
Medium
Etching; second state of three (Succi)
Dimensions
Plate: 17 13/16 × 11 7/8 in. (45.2 × 30.1 cm) Sheet: 18 7/16 x 12 1/16 in. (46.8 x 30.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
Accession Number
57.619.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Venus Entrusting Cupid to Time is a captivating etching created between 1758 and 1780 by the renowned Venetian artists Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and his son Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo. second state of three, as cataloged by Succi, measures nearly 18 by 12 inches on its sheet and exemplifies the Tiepolo family's mastery ofmaking. Giovanni Battista, a leading figure of the Rococo movement, was celebrated for his exuberant frescoes and mythological scenes adorning Europe's grand palaces, while Domenico often collaborated, carrying forward his father's dynamic style into intricate etchings that ma...
About the Artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo|Giovanni Battista 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...