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| Giambattista Tiepolo etching from the Capricci series c. 1734 |
In the virtual vaults of the Philadelphia Museum of Art waiting to be discovered were several new examples of Giambattista Tiepolo's famous and mysterious Capricci and Scherzi etchings. These particular ones I had seen previously reproduced in books but not previously in fine & generous digital renderings.
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| Gimabattista Tiepolo etching from the Capricci series c. 1734 |
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| Giambattista Tiepolo etching from the Capricci series c. 1734 |
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| Giambattista Tiepolo Happy Satyr & Family Etching c. 1750 |
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| Giambattista Tiepolo etching from the Scherzi series c. 1743 |
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| Giambattista Tiepolo etching from the Scherzi series c. 1743 |
Also in Philadelphia, two of the elaborate oil sketches used by Giambattista to establish ideas for the famous frescoes for ceilings and walls upon which his public success primarily rested.
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| Giambattista Tiepolo Oil sketch for Glory of St. Dominic 1738-39 |
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| Giambattista Tiepolo Oil sketch for Venus & Vulcan c. 1765 |
The cloud beneath Venus has just been brought to life, still resting quietly on its marble foundation.