The Holy Family Descending a Path near Shepherds

1752/1753

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1727 - 1804

The image shows a landscape with two figures. The horizon is high, with faint hills or structures in the distance. The style is detailed with etching or line work, especially in the foliage and figures. One figure is a shepherd with sheep, and another figure is on a donkey with two riders. The color palette is black and gray, highlighting the details. There are lush trees and a palm tree on the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper [working proof]

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 18 x 24.2 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.28.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 87, State undescribed proof

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector, Bologna (stamp not deciphered: am? cm? not in Lugt). (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2005 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

lower center in plate: Go Tiepolo fecit 1753(?)

Wikidata ID

Q76341620

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