The Episode of the Falling Idol

published 1753

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1727 - 1804

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession

    1951.16.143

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 88

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anton Maria Zanetti I [1680-1757], Venice; Agostino Caironi [1820-1907], Milan; (Pacini [active c.1860-1880], Florence); (Pierre Bères, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1951; gift to NGA, 1951.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1972

  • Rare Etchings by Giovanni Battista and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1972, no. 84, repro.

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906.

1971

  • Rizzi, Aldo. The Etchings of the Tiepolos. Complete edition. London: Phaidon, 1971.

Wikidata ID

Q65226791

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