Venus and Cupid Discovering the Body of Adonis
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · c. 1740 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
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About this picture
Venus and Cupid Discovering the Body of Adonis is a public-domain drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated c. 1740. Pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Venus and Cupid Discovering the Body of Adonis” (c. 1740) 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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