Fame in a Cloud of Putti, 18th century
Domenico Tiepoloexpand_more
Pen and black ink with gray-brown wash on laid paperexpand_more
Bequest of Professor Alfred Moirexpand_more 2012.58.50
On View in Gallery 344expand_more
Domenico Tiepolo was the son and collaborator of Giambattista Tiepolo. He brought a nervous energy to his drawings, which he often produced in long, thematic series. This is one of many drawings that he made of angels and putti. Over the course of the series, whose full extent has never been counted, he showed the weightless, winged figures in free-floating poses. They appear to have been made simply for his own enjoyment, an outlet for his energy and imagination.
Details
- Title
- Fame in a Cloud of Putti
- Artist Life
- Italian (Venice), 1727–1804
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2012.58.50
- Provenance
- Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), Venice. Horace Walpole (1717-1797), London. William Lygon (1903-1979), 8th Earl Beauchamp, Madresfield Court, Worcestershire, (until 1965; his sale, Christie's, London, June 15, 1965, no. 60). [Richard Day, London, until 1976; sold August 4 for £1,100, to Moir]; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1976-d. 2010; bequeathed to MIA)
- Curator Approved
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