A Shepherd with Two Magicians

Giovanni Battista Tiepoloca. 1735-1740

Details

Title: A Shepherd with Two Magicians
Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Date Created: ca. 1735-1740
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “Tiepolo”; inscribed in brown ink, upper right: “16”
Set or Series Title: Scherzi
Print State: First of two states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center Richard H. Wood (B.A. Wesleyan 1958, former DAC Registrar) Memorial Fund, 1990
Materials & Techniques: Etching on laid paper
Keywords: allegory, herders, magic, magicians, occult sciences, shepherds
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 222 mm x 175 mm (8.74 in. x 6.89 in.).
Bibliography: Rizzi 19 i/ii; De Vesme 28
Associated People: Created by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696-1770)
Accession Number: 1990.21.1

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