Six people watching a snake, from the Scherzi
ca. 1743–50
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 8 15/16 x 6 15/16 in. (22.7 x 17.7 cm) Sheet: 15 11/16 x 10 11/16 in. (39.9 x 27.2 cm)
Classification
Reproductions-Models
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. Van Horne Norrie, 1917
Accession Number
17.34.19
Tags
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1696–1770
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...