Standing Woman and Seated Men before an Obelisk
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · published 1785 · etching
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About this picture
Standing Woman and Seated Men before an Obelisk is a public-domain illustration by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated published 1785. Etching. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Standing Woman and Seated Men before an Obelisk” (published 1785) 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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