Study sheet with a young man in profile, looking left; studies of figures and heads, ca. 1725 – 1730

Title

Study sheet with a young man in profile, looking left; studies of figures and heads

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Dark-brown ink over grey pen, brown washes, on ribbed laid paper

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• chalk?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• figure study
• study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten mittig (mit der Feder in Braun): Joannis Babt.ae Tiepolo Autographum; Kalligraphische Schriftproben (wohl von der Hand des Künstlers): Tutto e mio quel / Tutto è mio quel / Tutto è mio quel / Tutto è mio quel / Al Molto

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit grauem Stift): XIV

Watermark

• Kreis mit drei Zahlen oder Buchstaben, darüber Stab mit drei Kugeln

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1911

Genre

• personal depiction
• study
• sketch

Main Motif

• head
• figure
• woman
• man
• group of people

Primary

• 31A221 head (human)
• 31D14(+3) adult man (+ sideview, profile)

Secondary

• 31A231 standing figure