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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Country Dance, ca. 1797

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804, Italian

Title

Country Dance

Year

ca. 1797

Medium

Pen and ink with brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • chalk,
  • wash technique

Supports

  • white paper

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Bequest of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

57.239

Projects & Publications

Publications

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

March 12 - September 4, 2022

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.

Stage Designs by Donald M. Oenslager

July 8 - August 28, 1988

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century

January 12 - February 5, 1967

Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection

March 17 - April 16, 1961

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