1788
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Disrobing of Christ is a 1788 by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see Roman soldiers pulling a red robe off Jesus while three old men watch from the side. A crowd boils behind them, and the city of Rome peeks over the hill. This is one of over 260 drawings Tiepolo made about Bible stories. He mixed grand scenes with small, everyday details—like the way a soldier’s boot scuffs the dirt. If you like how he blends big drama with little moments, look up *chiaroscuro*—the way artists use light and shadow to shape a scene.
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, an important Venetian fresco painter of the 18th century, is best known today for his highly finished historical drawings that ingeniously incorporate details from daily life. This drawing, from a suite of more than 260 sheets known as the Large Biblical Series , depicts the Disrobing of Christ (the tenth Station of the Cross). A trio of patriarchs watch as Roman soldiers strip Jesus of his robe, a mob brews in the background, and over the lip of the hill, Roman soldiers trumpet the Crucifixion. The figure of Jesus, who glows with the stark white color of Domenico’s…
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo worked on his Large Biblical Series , including this and around 260 other drawings, from five to ten years.
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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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