Sujet
'Mercury and Painting', 1752-1753, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
Légende
'Mercury and Painting', 1752-1753, (1928). 'Mercury, woman with palette', chalk on paper. Studies for Mercury and the figure of the woman painter, ceiling frescoes of the staircase-hall in the Würzburg Residence, Germany. At one time known to have been in the collection of Dr Hans Wendland, Lugano, Switzerland. Italian Venetian painter and printmaker Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain. He was commissioned to carry out frescoes in churches and palaces, and was elected President of the Academy of Padua. As well as his large-scale majestic works, he also produced etchings and oil paintings, and is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the period. Illustration from The Drawings of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Volume II, by Detlev Baron Von Hadeln. [The Pegasus Press, Paris, 1928]
The Print Collector collection
Date
1928
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19D47_245
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
64,3Mo (3,9Mo) / 33,9cm x 47,5cm / 4006 x 5607 (300dpi)