Three magicians burning a snake, from the Scherzi
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Artist bio: Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1743–50
Medium: Etching; first state of two
Dimensions: Plate: 9 x 7 1/16 in. (22.8 x 18 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (34.3 x 23.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund; Dodge and Pfeiffer Funds; Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; Gift of Bertina Suida Manning and Robert L. Manning, 1976
Accession year: 1976
Tags: Musical Instruments|Girls|Men|Snakes|Magicians