The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · early 1750s · etching on laid paper tinted with yellow-green watercolor
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About this picture
The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello is a public-domain drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, dated early 1750s. Etching on laid paper tinted with yellow-green watercolor. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello” (early 1750s) has Tiepolo’s pale light and figures set high, the manner of his ceilings, even when the sheet is a drawing or an etching rather than the fresco.
About the artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770) was a Venetian painter of ceilings and altarpieces. The light is pale, and the figures are often seen from below. He also left a large group of etchings and drawings.
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