Figure on a Cloud
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1750/1760
Medium
pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 21.5 x 18.1 cm (8 7/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Donald Stone in memory of David Stone
Accession Number
1999.110.2
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...