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

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

1750s, printed after 1778

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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)

1750s, printed after 1778

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.)
Portfolio/Series Plates 16 and 17 from the series "Scherzi di Fantasia"
Credit Line Gift of Blanche Adler
Object Number 1938.466.9
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

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