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Magician and other figures observing a head on a pyre

Magician and other figures observing a head on a pyre
(c. 1735-1760s)
from the Scherzi di Fantasia series (c. 1735-60s)

Medium
etching
Measurements
22.5 × 17.7 cm (plate) 24.3 × 18.0 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
de Vesme 16I; Rizzi 7; Russell 14; Knox 13
Inscription
signed in plate l.l.: B. Tiepolo
Accession Number
P75-1970
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1970
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
elderly heads (animal components) magic (occult science) magicians (people in the occult) men (male humans) owl (bird) pyres witchcraft
Movements
Baroque