The Episode of the Falling Idol
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · published 1753 · etching
Public domain
Open Access image from the National Gallery of Art, marked free for any use.
How this license was checked
nga:openaccess=1
About this picture
The Episode of the Falling Idol is a public-domain illustration by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, dated published 1753. Etching. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Episode of the Falling Idol” (published 1753) comes out of the Tiepolo workshop, from the son rather than the father. Many of these sheets are drawings of Punchinello or studies for ceilings.
About the artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727–1804) was the son of Giambattista Tiepolo and worked in the family studio. Later he drew a long series of Punchinello scenes, commedia figures in ordinary trouble.
Each file is included because the source archive marks it public domain or CC0. That is the archive’s statement, not a guarantee. Check the source record for your own use, especially outside the United States.