A Stag Lying Down (on a base): The Head of a Crocodile
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
after 1770
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk
Dimensions
11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (28.5 x 20 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.521
Tags
CrocodilesDeer
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...