Venice Receiving the Homage of Neptune

1745/1750

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1727 - 1804

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist After, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

This is a drawing showing a figure seated beside a satyr with coins spilling from a container. The regal figure is wearing a crown and robe, holding a scepter, and there is a suggestion of a lion's head. The satyr is muscular, has pointed ears, and is holding a container from which coins and round objects are pouring out. The artwork features detailed line work highlighting the drapery of the robes and the fur texture of the lion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as an Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.5 × 36 cm (7 11/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
    plate: 19.4 × 35.7 cm (7 5/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.50.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 107, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1971

  • Rizzi, Aldo. The Etchings of the Tiepolos. Complete edition. London: Phaidon, 1971: no. 107, ii/iii

Inscriptions

lower margin in plate: Joannes Bapta Tiepolo inv: et pinx / Joannes Dominicus Filius del: et fecit.; by later hand, lower left, in graphite: 10076; by later hand, lower right, in pen and black ink: C.; by later hand, verso lower left, in graphite: G. D. Tiepolo "Venice receiving Neptune's homage" / Venitian (1727-1804); by later hand, verso lower center, in graphite: [R. / 107]; by later hand, verso lower right, in graphite: 750D678

Markings

stamp: verso lower left, in blue ink: Douane Centrale [Paris customs]

Watermarks

crescent

Wikidata ID

Q76561478

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