Landscape with a Horse Held by a Page
after 1770
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk; preliminary drawing on paper.
Dimensions
29 x 42 cm.
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.515
Tags
Art Historical Context
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo’s *Landscape with a Horse Held by a Page*, created after 1770, captures a quiet moment in the Venetian countryside. Executed in pen and brown ink with delicate brown washes over black chalk, the drawing showcases Tiepolo’s fluid draftsmanship and his ability to suggest light, movement, and atmosphere with economical strokes. Measuring just 29 by 42 centimeters, the sheet feels intimate, inviting viewers to linger over the interplay of figures and terrain. As the son of the celebrated painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Domenico continued the family’s tradition of live...
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...