The Head of a Young Man in Profile to the Left (recto); Studies of Allegorical Figures (verso)
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1749/50 (recto); 1750/53 (verso) · Red chalk, with touches of white chalk (recto and verso), on blue laid paper with blind incising around recto
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
The Head of a Young Man in Profile to the Left (recto); Studies of Allegorical Figures (verso) is a public-domain drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated 1749/50 (recto); 1750/53 (verso). Red chalk, with touches of white chalk (recto and verso), on blue laid paper with blind incising around recto. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Head of a Young Man in Profile to the Left (recto); Studies of Allegorical Figures (verso)” (1749/50 (recto); 1750/53 (verso)) 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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