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The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello

early 1750s

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Associated Names

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist, Venetian, 1696 - 1770

The image depicts a group of individuals in a sketched style. One male figure appears partially clothed and is turned to the left, while the woman beside him is seated and has long hair. Other figures surround them, wearing robes and head coverings. The background shows rocks and a snake near some stones or logs. On the far right, an individual appears to hold a staff or rod.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching on laid paper tinted with yellow-green watercolor
Credit Line

Gift of Christopher Mendez, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 23.5 x 18.3 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Accession Number

1991.104.1
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

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