Death Giving Audience

published 1785

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

This is a drawing of a scene with a group gathering around a skeletal figure. The drawing depicts a group of individuals draped in cloaks and headwear, closely peering over a rectangular frame that hangs with a ring. On the ground, a skeletal figure sits, draped in tattered clothing, clutching scrolls. There is a dog near the frame and rustic wooden elements in the background. The style of the drawing features intricate linework and attention to detail, creating a sense of movement and tension in the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1941.8.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 36

  • Series Title

    Vari Capricci [Vesme 3-12]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

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

Q64957005

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