Artworks · Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Caricature of a Man Carrying a Stick, Standing in Profile to the Left

1755 · Pen and black ink, gray wash

5 13/16 x 2 15/16 in. (14.7 x 7.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Caricature of a Man Wearing a Wig and a Tricorne, Seen from Behind

1755 · Pen and black ink, gray wash

7 5/16 x 4 1/2 in. (18.5 x 11.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Caricature of a Fat Man, Seen From Behind

1755 · Pen and black ink, gray wash

6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (16.5 x 12 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Caricature of a Seated Man with a Book and a Cane

1755 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk

6 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (16.5 x 13.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Caricature of a Man Wearing a Wig and a Tricorne, Seen from Behind

1755 · Pen and dark brown ink, brown wash

7 5/16 x 4 1/8 in. (18.6 x 10.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Caricature of a Man in a Long Cloak, Standing in Profile to the Left

1755 · Pen and black ink, gray wash

9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. (24.8 x 18.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Holy Family

1754 · pen and brown ink with gray-brown wash on cream laid paper

sheet: 22.3 x 19.2 cm (8 3/4 x 7 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Caricature of a Man, Full-Length, Facing Left

1754 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper

22.4 × 14.9 cm (8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of a Town with a Fortified Bridge

1754 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash

2 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (6 x 17.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Standing Oriental Holding a Rod

1753 · pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper

overall: 22.8 x 15.7 cm (9 x 6 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Standing Oriental Wearing a Greatcoat

1753 · pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper

overall: 22.1 x 14.7 cm (8 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Male Nude Leaning on His Elbow (verso)

1752 · red chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper

sheet: 28.8 x 36.8 cm (11 5/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Seated Male Nude

1752 · red chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper

sheet: 28.9 × 37 cm (11 3/8 × 14 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Magician Indicating a Burning Skull to Two Youths, from the Scherzi di Fantasia

1752 · Etching on off-white laid paper

Plate: 22.6 × 18.8 cm (8 15/16 × 7 7/16 in.); sheet: 36.1 × 24.9 cm (14 1/4 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Figure of a Youth

1752 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash

7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (20 x 12 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegory of the Planets and Continents

1752 · Oil on canvas

73 x 54 7/8 in. (185.4 x 139.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegory of the Planets and Continents

1752 · Oil on canvas

73 x 54 7/8 in. (185.4 x 139.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Holy Family with Saint John

1751 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash

11 7/16 x 7 15/16 in. (29.1 x 20.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Holy Family with Saint John

1751 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash

11 7/16 x 7 7/8 in. (29 x 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Investiture of Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia

1751 · Oil on canvas

28 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (71.8 x 51.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Investiture of Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia

1751 · Oil on canvas

28 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (71.8 x 51.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure on a Cloud

1750 · pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper

overall: 21.5 x 18.1 cm (8 7/16 x 7 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Woman Seated on a Cloud, Seen from Below

1750 · pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper

overall: 23.3 x 17.7 cm (9 3/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Three Cherubs and a Beribboned Staff

1750 · red chalk on blue paper heightened with white chalk; the tow upper cherubs' heads incised for transfer

overall: 38.5 × 23.2 cm (15 3/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello

1750 · etching on laid paper tinted with yellow-green watercolor

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 23.5 x 18.3 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1750 · Pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash, with black chalk, on ivory laid paper, tipped on ivory laid paper

28.5 × 20.8 cm (11 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Detail: The Goddess Diana

1750 · Red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper

17.9 × 24 cm (7 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Holy Family, Saint Joseph with a Book

1750 · Pen and brown iron gall ink and brush and brown wash, with black chalk (recto) and black chalk (verso) on off-white laid paper, tipped on to ivory laid paper

Primary support: 27.7 × 19.9 cm (10 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 30.1 × 22.1 cm (11 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Detail: Head of a Cherub

1750 · Red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper

17.9 × 24 cm (7 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scene from Ancient History

1750 · oil on canvas

overall (oval): 140.3 x 109.3 cm (55 1/4 x 43 1/16 in.) framed: 165.7 x 134.6 cm (65 1/4 x 53 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Holy Family

1750 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (recto); red chalk (verso)

10-1/2 x 7-5/8 in. (26.6 x 19.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Head of a Young Man in Profile to the Left (recto); Studies of Allegorical Figures (verso)

1749 · Red chalk, with touches of white chalk (recto and verso), on blue laid paper with blind incising around recto

22.7 × 24.2 cm (8 15/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

One of the Hours Holding the Bridle of a Horse of the Sun, and Other Figures

1747 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash

12 5/8 x 8 in. (32 x 20.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of a Draped Figure

1745 · red chalk on laid paper

sheet: 24.2 × 16.3 cm (9 1/2 × 6 7/16 in.) mount: 28.3 × 20.6 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bacchus and Ariadne

1745 · pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper

overall: 21.9 x 18.1 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra

1745 · Oil on canvas

18 1/4 × 26 1/4 in. (46.4 × 66.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Glorification of the Barbaro Family

1745 · Oil on canvas

Irregular oval, 96 x 183 3/4 in. (243.8 x 466.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bacchus and Ariadne

1743 · oil on canvas

overall: 214 × 232.4 cm (84 1/4 × 91 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Soldiers Around a Monument

1743 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash, with white heightening over black chalk

16 5/8 x 11 in. (42.3 x 28 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A scene of necromancy: a woman bearing a vessel, a turbaned man, and a soldier look toward a pedestal upon which a skull and limb bone are burning, a bearded male figure's face is visible behind the group, from the series 'Turns of fantasy' (Scherzi di fantasia)

1743 · Etching

sheet: 8 15/16 x 7 3/8 in. (22.7 x 18.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chained Woman and Other Figures Regarding a Pyre of Bones, from the Capricci

1743 · Etching

sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 in. (14 x 17.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Democritus and Heraclitus Laughing and Sorrowing over the Follies of the World

1742 · Black chalk, with pen and black and brown ink and brush and various brown washes, heightened with white gouache, on cream laid paper

40.5 × 27.2 cm (16 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden

1742 · Oil on canvas

186.7 × 259.4 cm (73 1/2 × 102 1/8 in.); Framed: 194.3 × 270.5 × 7.9 cm (76 1/2 × 106 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon

1742 · Oil on canvas

182.9 × 188 cm (72 × 74 in.); Framed: 194 × 190.2 × 7.6 cm (76 3/8 × 74 7/8 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo

1742 · Oil on canvas

187.5 × 216.8 cm (73 13/16 × 85 3/8 in.); Framed: 194.8 × 223.5 × 8.3 cm (76 1/2 × 88 × 3 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo

1742 · Oil on canvas

186.7 × 259.4 cm (73 1/2 × 102 1/8 in.); Framed: 195 × 270.5 × 9.5 cm (76 3/4 × 106 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Philosopher and Two Other Figures

1741 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.3 x 17.2 cm (5 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.) sheet (trimmed close to plate mark): 13.6 x 17.5 cm (5 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Seated Youth Leaning against an Urn

1740 · etching in red-brown on laid paper

plate: 13.9 x 18 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.) sheet: 21.8 x 26.3 cm (8 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art