Seated Woman and Standing Man Surrounded by Other Figures and Paraphernalia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

The image shows a group of people in a setting that includes a woman seated on a pile of belongings, a man holding a cylindrical object, and other figures around them. Objects such as swords and a shield are scattered on the ground. The background shows crumbling architecture and sparse trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with pen and brown ink added to tree trunk behind foremost seated woman

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.2 x 17.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.16.95

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 6, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anton Maria Zanetti I [1680-1757], Venice; Agostino Caironi [1820-1907], Milan (Lugt 426); (Pierre Bères, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1951(Lugt 1932d); gift to NGA, 1951.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1972

  • Rare Etchings by Giovanni Battista and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1972, no. 13, 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

Q65226453

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