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Sitting Dog
Also titled Zittende hond
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice, 1727–1804)
c. 1775 - c. 1795
- Medium
- paper, ink
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 139 mm x width 83 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
This drawing was probably used for a decoration in the villa of the Tiepolo family itself. The dog was copied from a study previously used by Domenico's father Giambattista Tiepolo for a fresco in Würzburg. The artist signed this relatively small, but elaborate drawing in full. This indicates that Domenico also intended to sell his design as an independent work of art.
