Head of a Moor Bending Forward

1770

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1727 - 1804

The image shows a person's upper body, including their head, shoulders, and arms. The person is leaning forward with their head bowed and turned to the side, looking down. Their hair is short and curly, and their facial features are partially visible from a top-down angle. The person is wearing a garment with a striped pattern around the neckline and fur-like texture on the shoulders. A piece of fabric with a geometric pattern is also visible. The background has a textured pattern, with no discernible objects or scenery.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.4 x 11.5 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 17.6 x 14 cm (6 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.109.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 180, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906.

1971

  • Rizzi, Aldo. The Etchings of the Tiepolos. Complete edition. London: Phaidon, 1971.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: DeV 136 I S. 141; by later hand, lower right in graphite: ex c. 27364

Wikidata ID

Q76341614

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