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Turkish Lancer and Onlookers Approaching a Town

1760–70
Not on view
This sheet belongs to a group of drawings by the Venetian painter Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo of Ottoman Turkish horsemen and chieftains riding or resting in idyllic landscapes, accompanied by exotically clad attendants. Tiepolo's compositions generally reflect the contemporary artistic and literary taste in Venice for tales of exotic Eastern romance.

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Object Information
  • Title: Turkish Lancer and Onlookers Approaching a Town
  • Artist: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)
  • Date: 1760–70
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines by the artist in pen and brown ink
  • Dimensions: Frame: 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
    Sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 3/16 in. (28.5 x 41.1 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1937
  • Object Number: 37.165.67
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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