1794
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cattle Vendor is a 1794 by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a group of people herding two cows down a dirt path. The scene is loose and quick, with rough strokes and faded browns. One man in a hat leads the cows, while others walk beside him, some carrying long sticks. The background has a few deer hanging from trees, suggesting this might be a market or a hunt. The paper looks old, with a yellowed edge and small dots scattered around. Next, look up chiaroscuro to see how light and shadow create depth in drawings like this.
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (August 30, 1727 – March 3, 1804) was an Italian painter and printmaker in etching. He was the son of artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and elder brother of Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo.
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