The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello
early 1750s
Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper tinted with yellow-green watercolor
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Credit Line
Gift of Christopher Mendez, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 23.5 x 18.3 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
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Accession
1991.104.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Rizzi 1971, no. 20, State i/ii
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1992
Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 30.
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.
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: B. Tiepolo
Wikidata ID
Q74891127