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The Discovery of the Tomb of Polichinelle (left); A Seated Beggar Seen From the Rear (right)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Discovery of the Tomb of Polichinelle (left); A Seated Beggar Seen From the Rear (right)

1749-1758

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Discovery of the Tomb of Polichinelle (left); A Seated Beggar Seen From the Rear (right)

1749-1758

Physical Qualities Etching, Plate (each): 225 x 176 mm. (8 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.) Sheet: 390 x 547 mm. (15 3/8 x 21 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Blanche Adler
Object Number 1938.466.9
DV28 and DV29 printed on the same sheet of paper
Bought from Colnaghi's, London, 1937
Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein

Inscribed: Signed, in plate, at lower left: "Tiepolo"; in plate, at upper right: "16"; at lower right, in graphite: "A seated beggar seen from the rear / 'Le mendiant assis et vu de dos'"

Markings: WM: at center: 3 stars / FV

Artist

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Italian, 1696-1770
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