A pen and ink and wash drawing of a lively crowd of people dancing in front of an Italian country pavilion. In the background people are playing violins and drums.
A pen and ink and wash drawing of a lively crowd of people dancing in front of an Italian country pavilion. In the background people are playing violins and drums.
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Country Dance

Maker

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727-1804)

Title

Country Dance
from Divertimento per li regazzi (Diversion for Young Boys)

Year

ca. 1797

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

chalk, wash technique

Supports

Dimensions

28.7 x 41.1 cm (11 5/16 x 16 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, LL:(G. D.?) Tiepolo f

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

57.239

Type

Provenance

. . . 1920. Sale Sotheby’s, London on 07/06/1920.

1920 - , Possibly P. and D. Colnaghi, London.

… Collection of Richard Owen, Paris.

… - 1957, Collection of George Pierce Metcalf, Providence, RI.

1957. Bequest to the RISD Museum from George Pierce Metcalf on 12/04/1957.

Publications

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer
Four Hundred Years of Drawing from the RISD Museum
Mar 12, 2022 – Sep 04, 2022

Label copy

A festive crowd dances outside a barn while a group plays music in the background. Two masked figures in distinctive conical hats stand out among the revelers: they wear the costume of Pulcinella, a traditional character of Italian popular comedy theater. This drawing in pen and wash belonged to a series of more than 100 works Tiepolo made to amuse himself and members of his family. The slightly surreal juxtaposition of the lowly character with the aristocratic company is typical of Tiepolo’s humorous, enigmatic, and somewhat nostalgic depictions of everyday life in Venice and its surrounding countryside.

Caricatura and Character
Satire in Italy and Britain in the 18th Century
Apr 11, 2003 – Jun 29, 2003
Stage Designs by Donald M. Oenslager
Jul 08, 1988 – Aug 28, 1988
Old Master Drawings
Sep 02, 1983 – Oct 16, 1983
Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century
Jan 12, 1967 – Feb 05, 1967

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727-1804)
Country Dance; from Divertimento per li regazzi (Diversion for Young Boys), ca. 1797
Pen and ink with brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper
28.7 x 41.1 cm (11 5/16 x 16 3/16 inches)
Bequest of George Pierce Metcalf 57.239

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