Two Female Figures and Two Putti on Clouds, ca. 1740 – 1750

Title

Two Female Figures and Two Putti on Clouds

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque
• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Brush in grey-brown over grey pen, grey-brown washes, on ribbed laid paper

Material

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

Technique

• brush drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study
• ceiling painting design

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Nicht bezeichnet

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Vierfüßler mit langem Schwanz

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1941

Genre

• allegory

Main Motif

• woman
• child

Primary

• 31AA27631(+72) sitting or standing on clouds - AA - female human figure (+ two persons)
• 33A14 embracing each other, kissing
• 41D9 (showing oneself) undressed, quasi-nude
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'