Young shepherdess and old man with a monkey, from the Scherzi
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
ca. 1743–50
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 8 15/16 x 7 in. (22.7 x 17.8 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (34.3 x 23.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase from various funds, 1976
Accession Number
1976.537(16)
Tags
BirdsMenWomenMonkeysShepherds
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1696–1770
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) stands as the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, a Venetian master whose luminous frescoes and dynamic compositions defined the Rococo era's aesthetic zenith. Born in Venice on March 5, 1696, to a modest shipping merchant family, Tiepolo's extraordinary talent transcended his humble origins to establish him as the most sought-after artis...