Francesco Guardi as an Apprentice in the Studio of Giambattista Tiepolo

Francesco Guardi as an ApprenticebaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA in the Studio ofGiambattista Tiepolo GEORGE KNOX S o m e y e a rs ag o A n to n io M o rassi p u b lish e d in Master Drawings a sh e e t sh o w in g a life class in a V e n e tia n stu d io .1 H e a ttrib u te d it to th e y o u n g G ia m b a ttista T ie p o lo , a n d h e c a u tio u sly a d v a n c e d th e su g g e stio n th a t it m a y h av e re p re se n te d a life class in th e stu d io o f P ia z z e tta . It sh o w s a re a ssu rin g ly fa m ilia r scen e, th e d ilig e n t stu ­ d e n ts g ro u p e d a ro u n d th e m ale m o d e l, a n d o n e w o u ld lik e to im ag in e th a t th is w as th e w a y in stru c tio n c o n tin u e d in th e T ie p o lo stu d io , w ith su ccessiv e g e n e ra tio n s o f y o u n g a sp ira n ts receiv in g a so u n d b asic e d u c a tio n u n d e r th e g u id a n c e o f th e m a ste r. B u t h o w e v e r th in g s m a y h av e b e e n in th e stu d io o f P ia z z e tta , little a tte n tio n seem s to h av e b e e n p a id to life d ra w in g in th a t o f T ie p o lo . In d e e d , a m o n g th e 6 ,0 0 0 e x ta n t d raw in g s b y G ia m b a t­ tista a n d h is so n s D o m e n ic o a n d L o re n z o , h a rd ly m o re th a n a d o z e n c a n b e c o u n te d w h ic h h av e so m e claim to b e re g a rd e d as life d ra w in g s,2 a fra c tio n o f o n e p e r c e n t, a n d w e sh all see th a t th e in stru c tio n o f th e y o u n g a rtist, w h o m it w o u ld b e p e rh a p s m o re a c c u ra te to d e sc rib e as th e y o u n g a p p re n tic e , p ro c e e d e d u p o n e n tire ly d iffe re n t lin es. It seem s th a t th e n u m b e r o f a p p re n tic e s in th e T ie p o lo stu d io 2 9 30 / GEORGE KNOXbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA w ere v e ry fe w in d e e d . I b eliev e th a t o n ly six c a n b e id e n tifie d w ith c...