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A scene of necromancy: a woman bearing a vessel, a turbaned man, and a soldier look toward a pedestal upon which a skull and limb bone are burning, a bearded male figure's face is visible behind the group, from the series 'Turns of fantasy' (Scherzi di fantasia)

A scene of necromancy: a woman bearing a vessel, a turbaned man, and a soldier look toward a pedestal upon which a skull and limb bone are burning, a bearded male figure's face is visible behind the group, from the series 'Turns of fantasy' (Scherzi di fantasia) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 8 15/16 x 7 3/8 in. (22.7 x 18.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.419

Tags

SoldiersSkullsMenWomen

About the Artist

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 16961770

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) stands as the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, a Venetian master whose luminous frescoes and dynamic compositions defined the Rococo era's aesthetic zenith. Born in Venice on March 5, 1696, to a modest shipping merchant family, Tiepolo's extraordinary talent transcended his humble origins to establish him as the most sought-after artis...

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