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Sketch for a Figure in a Ceiling Decoration

Sketch for a Figure in a Ceiling Decoration

Artist/Maker (Italian, 1696–1770)
Date1740s
MediumPen and black ink with brush and gray wash on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in. (25.2 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineR. T. Miller Jr. Fund
Object number1949.14
Status
Not on view
More Information
This drawing is one of many from a sketchbook Tiepolo made as a repertory of poses of figures, often on clouds, seen in steep perspective from below. Tiepolo was clearly fascinated by the challenge of depicting foreshortened figures, many of which populate the dramatic ceiling frescos for which he is best known.
Exhibition History
The Eighteenth Century: One Hundred Drawings by One Hundred Artists
  • University of Minnesota Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (January 24, 1961 - March 7, 1961 )
Eighteenth Century Prints and Drawings from the Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 29, 1989 - October 22, 1989 )
None of These Things Is Just Like the Other: Twelve Students Raid the Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 13, 1994 - July 17, 1994 )
European Master Drawings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 29, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
On Line: European Drawings, 16th-19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 2007 - January 27, 2008 )
Collections
  • European
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