Magician pointing out a burning head to two youths, 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 5/16 in. (22.8 x 18.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/16 x 9 5/16 in. (34.2 x 23.6 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: Heads|Men|Women|Magicians