Sunday, July 12, 2015

Fish & Sphinxes

Study of Sea-Life, Carved Sphinxes & Relief-Heads
c. 1751-55

From the Rijksmuseum, a collection of fantasmagorical etchings. These were executed by Giandomenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) in order to popularize images derived from frescoes and other designs of his more famous father, Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770).

Tasso
c. 1743-47

Armida & Rinaldo
1760

Rinaldo & Armida
1760

Rinaldo, Armida & Venus
1760

Rinaldo & Ubaldo
1760

Emperor Constantine submitting to the Pope
1760

John the Baptist preaching
1750

Angelica & Medoro
1760

Angelica Nurses Medoro
1760

Aeneas & Mercury
1750

Aeneas & Venus
1750