Shepherd with Two Magicians, from "Scherzi di Fantasia (Amusing Fantasies)" – All Works – eMuseum

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

(Italian, 1696 - 1770)

Shepherd with Two Magicians, from "Scherzi di Fantasia (Amusing Fantasies)", ca. 1749

Etching on paper

Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., 1950.156

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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines

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Exhibition History"European Prints from the Collection of the Des Moines Art Center," UNO Gallery, University of Nebraska, Omaha, brochure ref. p. 2~

"Italian Etchings of the 17th and 18th Centuries," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Published Referencescatalog: De Vesme 28

DimensionsSheet: 10 11/16 × 8 11/16 in. (27.1 × 22.1 cm)
Plate: 8 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (22.5 × 17.5 cm)

Accession Number 1950.156

Classificationsprint

CopyrightPublic Domain

SignedTiepolo (l,l plate)

Catalogue raisonnéDe Vesme 28

Editionplate 16 of 23

Portfolio/Series"Scherzi di Fantasia (Amusing Fantasies)"

Paper/SupportWhite laid paper

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