A Dance in the Country
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
$47.00
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
A Dance in the Country, painted around 1755 by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, is one of the most spirited and enchanting works of eighteenth-century Venetian painting. Son of the celebrated Giambattista Tiepolo, Domenico developed a distinctly personal vision — one rooted in the pleasures and pastimes of everyday life rather than the grand mythological theatrics of his father's generation. In this luminous scene, elegantly dressed figures engage in the informal joy of open-air dancing, capturing the festive spirit of the Rococo at its most warmly human.
Painted in oil on canvas, the composition bursts with animated gesture, soft atmospheric light, and a palette of warm ochres and silvery blues that evoke the gentle Venetian countryside. Domenico's brushwork is loose yet controlled, lending the figures a spontaneous, almost theatrical vitality. The scene reflects the broader eighteenth-century fascination with leisure, masquerade, and social performance — a world poised between genuine pleasure and playful artifice.
Now housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this masterpiece is presented here as a museum-quality stretched canvas reproduction, printed on premium matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a sturdy 0.75-inch wooden frame with a classic gallery wrap finish — ready to hang and built to endure.
| Artist | Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo |
| Year | ca. 1755 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 29 3/4 x 47 1/4 in. (75.6 x 120 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Baroque |
| Available sizes | |
| Small | 25 × 20 cm (10″ × 8″) |
| Medium | 76 × 51 cm (30″ × 20″) |
| Large | 152 × 102 cm (60″ × 40″) |
| All sizes include a 0.75" gallery wrap. Ready to hang — no framing required. | |
