Who painted Various Caprices: The Woman with Tambourine?

Various Caprices: The Woman with Tambourine was painted by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in 1742.

Where can I see Various Caprices: The Woman with Tambourine?

Various Caprices: The Woman with Tambourine is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.

What movement is Various Caprices: The Woman with Tambourine?

Various Caprices: The Woman with Tambourine is associated with Baroque.

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Artwork

Various Caprices: The Woman with Tambourine

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo , 1742

Various Caprices: The Woman with Tambourine is a print by the Baroque artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. It dates from 1742 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Accession no.: 1924.575.6
Credit line: Dudley P. Allen Fund

About this work

Overview

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo produced the print Various Caprices: The Woman with Tambourine in 1742. The work belongs to a series of whimsical studies known as the Caprices and is presently in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Subject & Meaning

The composition depicts a bustling, disorderly scene in which a central female figure strikes a tambourine while a horse rears behind her. Around them, a crowd of people and animals intertwine amid a vague backdrop of trees and buildings, suggesting a moment of chaotic festivity.

Technique & Style

Executed with loose, rapid lines, the drawing conveys a sketch‑like immediacy. Tiepolo employs chiaroscuro shading to model the horse and the woman’s hands, allowing those elements to emerge from the surrounding tangle. The overall effect is playful and dreamlike, characteristic of his Caprices series.

History & Provenance

Created in the mid‑18th century, the print entered the Cleveland Museum of Art’s holdings at an unspecified date, where it remains part of the museum’s European prints and drawings collection.

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Artist

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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.