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The image is a portrait sketch showing the upper body of a person. The individual is depicted sitting with their head resting on their hand. The facial features include a furrowed brow and a thick beard, framed by a wrinkled face. The hair appears to be covered with a large, soft hat. The person's clothing is suggested by a few lines that may represent a cloak or thick garment, possibly trimmed with fur. The individual appears to be wearing a long chain or necklace. The background is plain and unadorned, focusing all attention on the subject itself, with the sketch's delicate use of shading and texture giving the portrait depth.
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The image is a portrait sketch showing the upper body of a person. The individual is depicted sitting with their head resting on their hand. The facial features include a furrowed brow and a thick beard, framed by a wrinkled face. The hair appears to be covered with a large, soft hat. The person's clothing is suggested by a few lines that may represent a cloak or thick garment, possibly trimmed with fur. The individual appears to be wearing a long chain or necklace. The background is plain and unadorned, focusing all attention on the subject itself, with the sketch's delicate use of shading and texture giving the portrait depth.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Bearded Old Man Leaning His Head on His Hand

Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo

Date
1755/1762
Medium
charcoal with stumping and blue pastel
Dimensions
sheet: 39.3 × 26.9 cm (15 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2007.111.173
Credit line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • figure
  • Venetian
  • Male figure
  • Portrait
  • Face
  • Man
  • Hats
Provenance

Johann Dominik Bossi 1767-1853], Munich; by descent to his daughter, Maria Theresia Caroline [1825-1881] and her husband, Carl Christian Friedrich Beyerlen [1826-1881], Stuttgart; (their sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 27 March 1882); Baron Ferdinand von Stumm [1843-1925]; (his sale, Hans W. Lange, Berlin, 30 March 1939, no. 103, as "Giovanni Battista Tiepolo"); Nikolaus and Ursula von Stumm, Munich; Wolfgang Ratjen [1943-1997], Vaduz and Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Inscription

verso: signed or inscribed with initials "L.T." and (Bossi Beyerlen numbers) "f2.30X" and "No. 2820" (the last digit changed from 7); in later graphite "Lor. Tiepolo fec."

NGA object ID 139324. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.