Democritus and Heraclitus Laughing and Sorrowing over the Follies of the World
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1742/43 · Black chalk, with pen and black and brown ink and brush and various brown washes, heightened with white gouache, on cream laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Democritus and Heraclitus Laughing and Sorrowing over the Follies of the World is a public-domain drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated 1742/43. Black chalk, with pen and black and brown ink and brush and various brown washes, heightened with white gouache, on cream laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Democritus and Heraclitus Laughing and Sorrowing over the Follies of the World” (1742/43) has Tiepolo’s pale light and figures set high, the manner of his ceilings, even when the sheet is a drawing or an etching rather than the fresco.
About the artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770) was a Venetian painter of ceilings and altarpieces. The light is pale, and the figures are often seen from below. He also left a large group of etchings and drawings.
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