A Shepherd with Two Magicians, from Scherzi
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1735–40
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 22.2 × 17.4 cm (8 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.); Sheet: 23 × 18.4 cm (9 1/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
40166
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...