Seated Youth Leaning Against an Urn

published 1785

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

This is a drawing of a group of figures around a large ornate urn. The scene shows figures in various relaxed poses, with some leaning against the urn, which is decorated with a sculptural face. The background includes architectural elements like columns or pillars, and a fragment resembling a building or wall. The figures wear attire that suggests historical or theatrical costumes, adding to a sense of drama. The line work shows attention to detail in rendering texture and depth on both human forms and objects. The use of shadows and cross-hatching adds three-dimensionality to the drawing. A landscape with hints of vegetation and a distant horizon is visible behind the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1941.8.23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 29


Artwork history & notes

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

Q64956990

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