The Family of the oriental Peasant, from the Scherzi
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
ca. 1740
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (22.2 x 19.1 cm) Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (22.2 x 17.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.84.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
AnimalsChildrenMenWomenOwlsFamily
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...