Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Dancing Dogs with Musicians and Bystanders

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727-1804

Dancing Dogs with Musicians and Bystanders

ca. 1791
11 3/8 x 16 3/8 inches (289 x 415 mm)
Pen and brown ink and umber wash over black chalk on paper.
2012.26

Estate of Mrs. Vincent Astor.

Notes
The present sheet, one of a large group of finished independent drawings representing scenes of contemporary life. Here two musicians entertain a troupe of dancing dogs who imitate humans in their children's clothing and clumsy movement. A related drawing, featuring a group of Punchinellos with dancing dogs and surrounded by a crowd of equally humorous spectators, is in the Harvard University Art Museums (inv. no. 1965.421).
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Three crescents in descending size, over "IMPERIAL".
Associated names
Astor, Brooke, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department