Minneapolis Institute of Art

Putti Floating a Banner

Giambattista Tiepolo (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo)

Date

18th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink and wash over black and red chalk

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This playful sketch of weightless putti (cherubs) lifting a billowing cloth to the light puts the freedom of Giambattista Tiepolo’s penmanship and brushwork on full display. It has not been related to any finished work by Tiepolo, but it may have been a first thought for a titlepage to a book or as a way of including an inscription (appearing on the cloth) in a larger subject. Italy, Europe

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