Antique Print - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Antique Print - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - The Stoning of Saint StephenDESCRIPTION: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727 1804). Venetian, The Stoning of Saint Stephen, etching on laid paper. This work is inspired by the martyrdom of Saint Stephen in Acts 7. This young deacon in the Christian community of Jerusalem was condemned to death by stoning. It represents the moment when Stephen is stoned outside the city by his many tormentors (about twenty characters), and he utters his last words to Christ as the light around him

Dusseldorf

Richard Bowdler Sharpe

The artwork embodies his ability to create imaginary and awe-inspiring architectural structures

"Suite de Modéles contenant divers Morceaux Distines a lusage et Décorations der Figlises Plusieurs Plans et Elevations de Tombeaux pour des Chapelles"

The geography is dominated by large mountain ranges and long rivers

"Developpement Pour Une Porte Lonique"

Nordisk Gularla

this was the most detailed and certainly

8898” inches / 120 cm x 81 cm

particularly exotic species

Façade d'un Theatre"

as well as by the density of place names and geographic features filling the interior