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

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

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

etching

Measurements

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

Catalogue/s Raisonné

de Vesme 16I; Rizzi 7; Russell 14; Knox 13

Inscription

signed in plate B. Tiepolo

Accession Number

P75-1970

Departments

International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1970
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

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

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Giambattista TIEPOLO

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