Figure Studies (recto)
c. 1744
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 · 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...