Giandomenico Tiepolo, 27 Engravings, The Holy Family’s Flight Into Egypt ...

Giandomenico Tiepolo,

27 Engravings, The Holy Family’s Flight Into Egypt

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/book/idee-pittoresche-sopra-la-fugga-in-egitto-di-giesu-maria-e-gioseppe-opera

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-frontispiece

 

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/engraved-title-plate-1

 

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-dedication-to-karl-philipp-von-greiffenklau-prince

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-joseph-tells-mary-of-their-forthcoming-departure

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-joseph-and-mary-seeking-shelter

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-under-a-palm-tree

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-leaving-by-a-city-gate

 

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-walking-along-a-city-wall

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-joseph-adoring-the-child

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-mary-holding-the-child-in-her-arms-and-joseph-with

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-joseph-and-mary-passing-a-shepherd-and-his-flock

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-mary-and-joseph-holding-the-child-are-escorted-by-an

 

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-rest-on-the-flight

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-on-the-bank-of-a-river

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-stepping-off-the-bank

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-entering-the-boat-with-the-help-of

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-crossing-the-lake-in-the-boat

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-mary-helped-by-joseph-and-an-angel-stepping-out-of

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-joseph-adoring-the-child-while-two-angels-sing

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-passing-by-a-pyramid

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-descending-a-forest-path

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-passing-by-a-statue

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-resting-in-a-wood

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-mary-helped-by-an-angel-and-joseph-carrying-the

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-mary-helped-by-two-angels-follows-joseph-with-the

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-mary-supported-by-two-angels-follows-joseph

 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-flight-into-egypt-the-holy-family-arriving-at-a-city-gate

whilst i was wondering if this was the full set, i found this helpful auction note that seems to corroborate the royal academy's notes ...

https://www.forumauctions.co.uk/137/Tiepolo-Giovanni-Domenico-The-Flight-into-Egypt-1727-1804?auction_no=1002&view=lot_detail

and while we're on the subject ... an interesting article about father and son ... giambattista and giandomenico ...

https://www.prphbooks.com/blog/tiepolo

from wikipedia ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Domenico_Tiepolo

DIVERTIMENTI PER LI REGAZZI ... by giandomenico tiepolo ... brilliant son of a brilliant father gianbattista tiepolo ... retired but remained very active and produced a body of 104 drawings devoted to the life of Pulchinello, and his kin and kind, the Pulchinelli ...

no one is absolutely and definitely sure if there ever was a seamless narrative continuity in this series ... but some themes and some of life's milestones are evident ... the title page sets the tone it delicately parodies the title page of his father's scherzi series of engravings, seen first ...

BUT FIRST ... if this topic interests you, then Sophie Bostock's 2009 thesis is worth a down load ...

https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/3144/1/WRAP_THESIS_Bostock1_2009.pdf

the very first drawing after the title page shows the birth of punchinello's father ... hatched from a turkey's egg ... of course, some of the ancient gods and divine beings were thought to have been hatched, although not from turkeys ...

amongst those who've studied the series, everyone's best guess at narrative continuity suggests this next drawing shows the mother and father of pulchinello, marching to their wedding ...

and here they make their vows and receive the blessing of ??? some sort of priest, in surroundings that echo the ones often painted by veronese ...

then we see their wedding feast ... possibly another parody of  his father's work ... the feast of cleopatra and mark anthony 

after their marriage, the groom brings his new bride to his parents' house ...

a pregnancy follows ... pulchinello's mother presents with classic symptoms ...

the baby Pulcinello is born ... and is immediately acquainted with his father

the baby Pulcinello is introduced to his mother's breast ...

and is then swaddled ...

the infant Pulcinello is encouraged to walk ...

later he is given a captive bird, tied on a string ...

there is a children's party ...

and pulcinello is taken to his first day at a country school ...

soon Pulcinello and the other pulcinelli encounter the world of work ...

for instance, in the fitting room of a couturier ...

helping to spin flaxen threads ...

or as a tailor's assistant ...

the vigorous Pulcinelli conduct a burial ...

the pulcinelli uproot a tree

the pulcinelli chop wood

the pulcinelli in a carpenters workshop

their strength and agility, sociability and diligence, and their willingness to co-operate at all times mean they are ideal subjects for a great baroque artist ...

are they gathering firewood ?

the pulcinelli are in a barber shop

the pulcinelli sawing timbers

are the pulcinelli selling firewood ?

most of all, the Pulcinelli like to dance, and fall in love ...

they dance with fervour and passion

even their dogs like to dance

pulcinello courting a lady

inevitably, they will settle down to prosperous and respectable domesticity ... well mostly ...

pulcinelli children are given sweets

pulcinelli families gather in a country garden

pulcinello attends a lady ... but is she his wife ?

sometimes, the Punchinelli's party lifestyle brings them to the point of exhaustion and collapse ...

more scenes of exhaustion ... drunk, probably

is he drunk ... or about to expire ?

it saddens me to see the Pulcinelli hunt and enjoy the persecution of wild creatures with their dogs

and the pulcinelli are crack shots 

they take pleasure from the killing of a stag

(21) Collection in Focus: Domenico Tiepolo's "Punchinello" Drawings - YouTube

... to be continued ...