A Woman Seated on a Cloud, Seen from Below

1750s

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

The image shows an ink sketch of a person viewed from a low, upward perspective. The figure is depicted from the waist up, with one arm extended to the side and the other bent towards the chest. The person's head is turned slightly, with simple facial features and curly hair. They are wearing flowing robes with detailed folds, suggesting movement. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23.3 x 17.7 cm (9 3/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.3.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry Scipio Reitlinger [1882-1950] (Lugt Suppl 2274a) (sale, Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1953, no. 112); (sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1992, no. 10, unsold); purchased 1993 through (Sotheby's, London) by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q64572379

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