Title: Three figures and a snake coiled around a staff, surrounded by a landscape, the central figure rests his left hand on a shield and leans toward a bearded figure holding a book, from "The Capricci"
Object type: Print
Date: 18th century
Portfolio: The Capricci
Artist:  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 
Artist bio: Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 5 3/16 x 6 13/16 in. (13.1 x 17.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Shields, term: Men, term: Women, term: Snakes