Raccolta di teste (Parts I and II)

1773-1774

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1727 - 1804

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist After, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

The image shows four black-and-white etchings of elderly men. Each etching features the upper body of a seated man, highlighting the face and shoulders. The men have long, bushy beards, deeply set eyes, and aged facial features. They wear different styles of hats: simple floppy hats in two etchings, and more embellished headgear in the others. The men wear heavy, draped clothing, possibly robes or cloaks, with fur trims on one figure. Two men hold writing instruments and parchments. The background is plain with shading for depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    complete bound set of sixty etchings and three engraved text plates on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Florian Carr Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.8 × 11 cm (5 13/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 53.9 × 38.2 cm (21 1/4 × 15 1/16 in.)
    book: 54.61 × 39.37 × 1.11 cm (21 1/2 × 15 1/2 × 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.176.13.1-63

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 159-221

Associated Artworks

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Title Page

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

1775

Dedication

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

1773

Portrait of Giambattista Tiepolo

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

1773

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Cesare Morini, Milan (d. 2013); his widow, Karin Wachtel, Milan; (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased by NGA, 2014.

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.: nos. 115-177

1971

  • Rizzi, Aldo. The Etchings of the Tiepolos. Complete edition. London: Phaidon, 1971: no. 159-221

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