Standing female figure on a pedestal and three studies of heads

Title

Standing female figure on a pedestal and three studies of heads

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque
• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Brown ink over grey pen, grey-brown washes, on ribbed laid paper

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• figure study
• wall painting design?

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): originale del Sr. Gio: Batta Tiepolo.
Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): 6453/Hz.

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1912

Genre

• allegory
• genre
• caricature

Main Motif

• Felicità pubblica
• woman
• man
• head

Persons Shown

• Felicità pubblica

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Soderini (Family)

Primary

• 31AA2311 'contrapposto', 'Standbein und Spielbein' - AA - female human figure
• 31A221 head (human)

Secondary

• 41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'
• 48C244 pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)