Seated Youth Leaning against an Urn

1740/1743

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

This is a drawing of figures gathering around a carved column. The scene includes a group of individuals huddled around a large, ornately decorated column with a sculpted face. The figures are positioned in various relaxed poses near the column. The background shows architectural elements and a landscape with rolling terrain. The drawing uses detailed line work to depict clothing and expressions, creating texture and depth. The overall tone is monochromatic, emphasizing contrast and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in red-brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.9 x 18 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.8 x 26.3 cm (8 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.47.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 29, State (proof)

  • Series Title

    Vari Capricci

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 13.

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

center in plate on urn: Tiepolo

Watermarks

partial watermark: upper portion of coat of arms

Wikidata ID

Q75404110

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