Women and Men Regarding a Burning Pyre of Bones
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · published 1785 · etching
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About this picture
Women and Men Regarding a Burning Pyre of Bones is a public-domain illustration by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated published 1785. Etching. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Women and Men Regarding a Burning Pyre of Bones” (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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