1757
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Jupiter is a 1757 by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, a Rococo painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a muscular man with wings flying through the air. His right arm is raised, pointing upward, while his left arm holds a thunderbolt. The drawing is loose and quick, with soft brown ink blending into the paper. The figure looks like a god from ancient stories, but the sketch feels more like a rough idea than a finished work. The loose lines make it look like the artist was testing shapes and movement. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A study in pen and wash over black chalk on paper, this drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo from 1757 depicts Jupiter. It was formerly part of the album *Vari Studi e Pensieri* and passed through the collections of Edward Cheney, Colonel Alfred Capel Cure, and was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1885 via dealer E. Parsons.
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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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