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A young woman standing erect seen from behind pointing her fan to her dressing table. She wears wide petticoats, corset, crown, and heels. Two small dogs play at her feet.
A young woman standing erect seen from behind pointing her fan to her dressing table. She wears wide petticoats, corset, crown, and heels. Two small dogs play at her feet.
A young woman standing erect seen from behind pointing her fan to her dressing table. She wears wide petticoats, corset, crown, and heels. Two small dogs play at her feet.
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  • A young woman standing erect seen from behind pointing her fan to her dressing table. She wears wide petticoats, corset, crown, and heels. Two small dogs play at her feet.
  • A young woman standing erect seen from behind pointing her fan to her dressing table. She wears wide petticoats, corset, crown, and heels. Two small dogs play at her feet.
  • A young woman standing erect seen from behind pointing her fan to her dressing table. She wears wide petticoats, corset, crown, and heels. Two small dogs play at her feet.

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Lady Dressing

Maker

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727-1804)

Title

Lady Dressing

Year

ca. 1780-1790

Medium

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

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

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

Materials

wash technique, pen and ink

Supports

  • Cream paper

Dimensions

27.3 x 19.4 cm (10 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Signed by the artist: "Dom. Tiepolo"

Watermark: The letters F D C [the C between chain lines]

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

57.139

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Provenance

… - 1953, Collection of Italico Brass, Venice.

… - 1957, Private collection, Providence, RI.

1957, Anonymous gift to the RISD Museum on 11/26/1957.

Publications

  • Books

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

Alt Author: Johnson, Deborah J.

  • Books

Venice in the Eighteenth Century: Prints and Drawings

Exhibition History

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

Label copy

In an elegant interior, a woman is seen from behind, constrained by cumbersome undergarments-a gentle send-up of aristocratic fashion. Few artists were as talented in the use of wash as Domenico Tiepolo, who here applied multiple layers of ink to define atmosphere, spatial depth, and volume. He also skillfully used the white of the paper to suggest bright light streaming in from the window and reflecting off surfaces. This play of light injects movement and liveliness in an otherwise static composition.

Old Master Drawings
Sep 02, 1983 – Oct 16, 1983
Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century
Jan 12, 1967 – Feb 05, 1967
Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection
Mar 17, 1961 – Apr 16, 1961
The Age of Canova
Nov 06, 1957 – Dec 15, 1957

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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

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727-1804)
Lady Dressing, ca. 1780-1790
Pen and ink with brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper
27.3 x 19.4 cm (10 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches)
Anonymous gift 57.139

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