A Serpent Burning on an Altar, plate 2 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo1750–1760

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Two old men, and one younger, watch a snake burning on an altar. Behind, them, a boy holding a sword; lower left, a seated woman, holding a torch, seen from the back.

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Title: A Serpent Burning on an Altar, plate 2 from the Scherzi di Fantasia
Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770
Date Created: 1750–1760
Location Created: Italy
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/48510
Medium: Etching on laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Etching Laid paper Renaissance Rococo