Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - Audience with Death
Description: Death reading from a book to a group of standing figures. early 1740s etching from Varii Capricci. Signed 'Tiepolo' on the base of a pedestal
Condition: A good printed sharp impression on laid paper trimmed on/just outside plate border. Very good condition with no folds, tears or stains. Notes: Alle measurements are taken on the plate mark. Secure international inhouse shipping at low cost. Dimensions: 26 x 18,70 cm Artist Name: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) Literature: De Vesme 1906 / Le peintre graveur Italien (10) --------------------------------------------------- Though Tiepolo is primarily known for his vast murals and ceiling paintings, he also made intimate, lyrical drawings and etchings. The title of the series to which these prints belong is literally translated as "Various Caprices," but it could equally be called "Flights of Fancy." The images are intentionally open-ended. Tiepolo provides us with actors, props, and stage sets, but there is no script. We are free to exercise our imaginations and our emotions to create stories and perhaps meanings of our own. The restrained gestures of most of the figures minimize narrative suggestion and heighten psychological tension. Tiepolo's loose, open treatment of forms and lines emphasizes that these are fantasies, barely material at all. Medium: Etching Circa: 1740-1743
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Description: Death reading from a book to a group of standing figures. early 1740s etching from Varii Capricci. Signed 'Tiepolo' on the base of a pedestal
Condition: A good printed sharp impression on laid paper trimmed on/just outside plate border. Very good condition with no folds, tears or stains. Notes: Alle measurements are taken on the plate mark. Secure international inhouse shipping at low cost. Dimensions: 26 x 18,70 cm Artist Name: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) Literature: De Vesme 1906 / Le peintre graveur Italien (10) --------------------------------------------------- Though Tiepolo is primarily known for his vast murals and ceiling paintings, he also made intimate, lyrical drawings and etchings. The title of the series to which these prints belong is literally translated as "Various Caprices," but it could equally be called "Flights of Fancy." The images are intentionally open-ended. Tiepolo provides us with actors, props, and stage sets, but there is no script. We are free to exercise our imaginations and our emotions to create stories and perhaps meanings of our own. The restrained gestures of most of the figures minimize narrative suggestion and heighten psychological tension. Tiepolo's loose, open treatment of forms and lines emphasizes that these are fantasies, barely material at all. Medium: Etching Circa: 1740-1743
