Study for a Ceiling with the Personification of Counsel
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · before c. 1762 · oil on canvas
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About this picture
Study for a Ceiling with the Personification of Counsel is a public-domain painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated before c. 1762. Oil on canvas. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Study for a Ceiling with the Personification of Counsel” (before c. 1762) 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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