Young Lady in a Tricorn Hat

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo completed this oil on canvas portrait in 1757. The work entered the collection of Luigi Pisa in Florence by 1937, though an uncorroborated note suggests it may have been in the Pisani Collection as early as 1932. Following Pisa's death, the painting was sold at the Circolo Artistico in Venice in September 1938, where it was incorrectly attributed to Alessandro Longhi. It subsequently passed to Italico Brass of Venice.

By late 1947, the picture was held by Schaeffer Galleries in New York. The gallery sold the work to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation on May 21, 1948. Kress donated the painting to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in 1952.

The painting is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., as part of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation holdings, accessioned in 1952. It is inventoried as Kress no. 2492.

It was exhibited in 1941 at the Mostra di pittura veneziana del settecento, Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne, Venice.

Young Lady in a Tricorn Hat, painted by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in 1757, has been recognized as part of the Rococo movement and is held in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., within the Samuel H. Kress Collection. The work was acquired from Schaeffer Galleries in 1948 and gifted to the museum in 1952. Its provenance includes earlier ownership by Luigi Pisa and Italico Brass, with documented sales in Venice and New York.

The attribution has been reinforced by multiple scholarly sources, including listings in exhibition catalogs and lexicons from the early to mid-20th century.

Created circa 1758, this oil on canvas portrait by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo captures a young woman in a three‑cornered hat. The work exemplifies the Rococo sensibility that dominated mid‑eighteenth‑century Venetian painting, combining a graceful pose with a restrained, intimate scale.

The sitter is presented in dark clothing, her face illuminated against a shadowy backdrop. Her downward‑cast gaze and the soft, rose‑tinged complexion convey a sense of modesty or contemplation, while the black tricorn hat signals contemporary fashion and a hint of aristocratic refinement.