The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · mid 1740s · pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on buff paper
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About this picture
The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra is a public-domain drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated mid 1740s. Pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on buff paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra” (mid 1740s) 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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