Figure Studies (recto)

Figure Studies (recto) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 17.2 × 25.5 cm (6 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.) mount: 22.4 × 30.6 cm (8 13/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection

Accession Number

2018.26.25.1

About the Artist

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 16961770

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...

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