Giambattista TIEPOLO
Magician and other figures observing a head on a pyre
(c. 1735-1760s)
from the Scherzi di Fantasia series (c. 1735-60s)

Medium
etching

Measurements
22.5 × 17.7 cm (plate) 24.3 × 18.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1970

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
de Vesme 16I; Rizzi 7; Russell 14; Knox 13

Inscription
signed in plate l.l.: B. Tiepolo

Accession Number
P75-1970

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
elderly heads (animal components) magic (occult science) magicians (people in the occult) men (male humans) owl (bird) pyres witchcraft

Movements
Baroque