Magician and Other Figures before a Burning Altar with Skull and Bones

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

This is a drawing of a group gathered around a large barrel. The scene features intricate line work depicting people standing and sitting in a circle around the ornate barrel. One person is sitting and appears engaged with an object. The drawing's style showcases detailed textures and nuanced expressions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, reworked with pen and brown ink, and opaque white and gray wash

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1951.16.91

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rizzi 1971, no. 11, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anton Maria Zanetti I [1680-1757], Venice; Agostino Caironi [1820-1907], Milan (Lugt 426); (Pierre Bères, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1951(Lugt 1932d); 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. 20, repro.

1982

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, NGA, 1982, no. 62, 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

Q65226441

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