Saint Gaetano of Thiene

1757 or after

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1727 - 1804

The image depicts a male figure seated on a cloud, looking upwards. He has short hair, a beard, and wears flowing robes. A halo surrounds his head. Below him are a child and a smaller figure, possibly an angel. Above are cherub-like figures in the clouds. In the background, there is an elaborate building with human figures near it, seemingly under construction or renovation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching touched with pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36.8 x 21.8 cm (14 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 42.6 x 26.6 cm (16 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.2.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 131, State proof before all lettering

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Joseph Bromberg, London); purchased by NGA, 1995.

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

by later hand, center verso in graphite: 448

Wikidata ID

Q75125811

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