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Brown ink and wash drawing: a reclining figure at left, a nude man bending over a fountain basin, and turbaned onlookers in the background.

Fantasy on the Death of Seneca

A pen and brown wash drawing of a fantasy scene around a stone basin. In the foreground, a reclining figure lies across the left side, while a nude man bends over the basin beside a fountain spout. Turbaned onlookers and architectural forms crowd the background, sketched in quick, loose strokes over faint black chalk.

Artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Date
1735/40
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1203 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1740).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Regenstein Collection

Español: Fantasía sobre la muerte de Séneca

Dibujo a pluma y aguada de tinta parda que muestra una escena fantástica alrededor de una pila de piedra. En primer plano, una figura reclinada ocupa el lado izquierdo, mientras un hombre desnudo se inclina sobre la pila junto a un caño de fuente. Espectadores con turbante y formas arquitectónicas llenan el fondo, esbozados con trazos rápidos y sueltos.

Português: Fantasia sobre a morte de Sêneca

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