The Prison Visit

1797/1804

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1727 - 1804

This is a drawing of a group of masked figures in a historical setting. The image shows an assembly of masked or costumed figures in an architectural environment featuring a staircase, brick walls, and a series of grid-like windows. The background includes arches and columns, with a texture suggesting a mix of stone and brickwork. The figures are engaged in various activities, some standing, gesturing, or interacting with each other, creating an air of festivity or mystery. The drawing uses sepia tones, contributing to an aged, classical effect reminiscent of sketches from a historical era.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over charcoal on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.1 × 46.7 cm (13 13/16 × 18 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.76.3

  • Series Title

    Divertimento per li regazzi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1920, part of lot 41, which included 103 Punchinello drawings from the series, Divertimento per li Ragazzi); Richard Owen, Paris; Paul Suzor, Paris; David Carritt Gallery, London; Robert H. and Clarice Smith; given to NGA in 1979.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1921

  • Divertimento per li Ragazzi, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1921, (unpubl.)

1971

  • Venise au dix-huitième siècle, Peintures, dessins et gravures des collections françaises, Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, 1971, no. 310.

1979

  • Domenico Tiepolo's Punchinello Drawings, Indiana University Art Museum and Stanford University Art Museum, Indiana and California, 1979, no. 37.

1980

  • Domenico Tiepolo's Punchinello Drawings, The Frick Collection, New York, 1980.

1983

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1983.

1994

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 330, 505, no. 224 (repro. p. 330, color)(entry by Adriano Mariuz).

1995

  • Splendori del Settecento Veneziano, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1995, 472, 474, no. 202 (repro. p. 474)(entry by Adriano Mariuz).

1996

  • Domenico Tiepolo: Master Draftsman, Civici Musei e Gallerie di Storia ed Arte, Udine, 1996; Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, 1997, no. 168.

2004

  • Tiepolo: Ironia e Comico, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 2004, no. 35.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 117.

Bibliography

1971

  • Venise au dix-huitième siècle: Peintures, dessins et gravures des collections françaises. Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, 1971: 192.

1979

  • Vetrocq, Marcia E. Domenico Tiepolo’s Punchinello drawings. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, 1979: 103-103, no. 33.

1986

  • Gealt, Adelheid M. Domenico Tiepolo's Punchinello Drawings. (New York: 1986): 100-101, no. 38.

1990

  • Pedrocco, Filippo. Disegni di Giandomenico Tiepolo. (Milan: 1990): 89, no. 32.

1994

  • The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: 330, 505, no. 224.

1995

  • Splendori del Settecento Veneziano. Exh. cat. Electa, Milan, 1995: 472, 474, 476.

1996

  • Gealt, Adelheid M. and George Knox. Domenico Tiepolo: Master Draftsman. Electa, Milan, 1996: 100, 229.

2004

  • Mariuz, Adriano and Giuseppe Pavanello. Tiepolo: Ironia e comico. Marsilio, Venice, 2004: 198, 201.

Inscriptions

upper left in brown ink: 34; center left on bridge in brown ink: Dom.o Tiepolo f

Watermarks

profile of a man in a crescent moon (not in Heawood)

Wikidata ID

Q64572402

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