The Rest on the Flight, with Holy Family under a Tree

published 1753

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1727 - 1804

The is an etching depicting a scene with figures under foliage. The main figures include two reclining adults, a man and a woman, both wearing draped clothing. A child rests on the lap of the woman and has a halo around their head. They rest under large trees and are surrounded by branches and logs. To the left of the group, a donkey sits on the ground. There is an opening in the foliage to the left, showing a distant cliff or rock face. The color scheme is monochrome.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2010

  • La Serenissima : Eighteenth-Ventury Venetian art from North American Collections, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, 2010 - 2011, no. 86, repro.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q64957072

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