1742
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Various Caprices: The Philosopher Standing with Book is a 1742 by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows two robed figures outdoors. One stands holding a book, looking down at a seated person who leans on a staff. Trees and a faint building shape the background. The lines are loose and quick, with dark shading to show folds in the clothes. The standing figure’s book might hint at wisdom or learning. The artist used rough, sketchy lines to suggest movement and emotion. Check out chiaroscuro next to see how light and shadow create drama in art.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, also known as Giambattista Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
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