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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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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)

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
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein," October 30, 2011-March 25, 2012.

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

1695–1769

Italian, 1696-1770
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VENUS ENTRUSTING AN INFANT TO TIME
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Venus Entrusting an Infant to Time
1752–1762
RIDER SEEN FROM THE FRONT, ON HORSE REARING TOWARD RIGHT
Georg Philipp Rugendas I and Jeremias Wolff
Rider Seen from the Front, on Horse Rearing Toward Right
1685–1741
FIVE POLICHINELLE
Georg Friedrich Schmidt and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Five Polichinelle
1750
RIDER SEEN FROM THE FRONT, ON HORSE REARING TOWARD LEFT
Georg Philipp Rugendas I and Jeremias Wolff
Rider Seen from the Front, on Horse Rearing Toward Left
1685–1741
RINALDO ENCHANTED BY ARMIDA
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Armida Falls in Love with Rinaldo
1744–1754
MAN MOUNTED ON REARING HORSE, SEEN FROM BACK
Georg Philipp Rugendas I and Jeremias Wolff
Man Mounted on Rearing Horse, Seen from Back
1685–1741
THE ANGEL APPEARING TO SAINT PASCHAL BAYLON
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Angel Appearing to Saint Paschal Baylon
1769
THE BEGGAR ON CRUTCHES, SEEN FROM THE BACK, WEARING A HAT
Jacques Callot
The Beggar on Crutches, Seen from the Back, Wearing a Hat
1621
A PHILOSOPHER WITH A BOOK
Lorenzo (Baldissera) Tiepolo and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
A Philosopher with a Book
1748–1758
REAR VIEW OF SEATED MAN WITH A HAT
Aaron Sopher
Rear View of Seated Man with a Hat
1924–1956
BACCHANT, SATYR AND FAUNESS (LEFT); TWO MAGICIANS, ONE SEATED, AND A BOY (RIGHT); ST. JOSEPH WITH THE INFANT JESUS IN HIS ARMS (LOWER)
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Bacchant, Satyr and Fauness (left); Two Magicians, One Seated, and a Boy (right); St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus in his Arms (lower)
1749–1758
REAR VIEW OF SEATED MAN (RECTO); THE EAGLE AND THE DRAGONFLY (VERSO)
Aaron Sopher
Rear View of Seated Man (recto); The Eagle and the Dragonfly (verso)
1924–1956