Title: Three magicians burning a snake, from the Scherzi
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1743–50
Artist:  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 
Artist bio: Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
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
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments, term: Girls, term: Men, term: Snakes, term: Magicians