Three Cherubs and a Beribboned Staff
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1750 · red chalk on blue paper heightened with white chalk; the tow upper cherubs' heads incised for transfer
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About this picture
Three Cherubs and a Beribboned Staff is a public-domain drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated 1750. Red chalk on blue paper heightened with white chalk; the tow upper cherubs' heads incised for transfer. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Three Cherubs and a Beribboned Staff” (1750) 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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