1785
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Woman, Satyr Child, and Goat in a Landscape is a 1785 ink by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, a Rococo painting work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman holding a small child, with a goat standing nearby. Behind them, a bare tree and a rocky outcrop fill the background. The lines are loose and scratchy, giving everything a rough, sketchy feel. The artist used a technique called drypoint to create these deep, textured lines. It’s like scratching directly into the metal plate before inking it. Next, look up technique: etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists make prints like this.
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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