Philosopher Seated, with Globe, Book, and Compass

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

There is a man seated, looking at an open book. He wears a turban-like headpiece, beard and draped robes. Nearby are an open book, a spherical object, another open book in his left hand, and a staff with a snake coiled around it. The background shows large vertical rock formations or trees to the left, against a plain sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1971.40.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 23, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1972

  • Rare Etchings by Giovanni Battista and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1972, no. 34, 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

Q65508622

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