Titelprent voor Scherzi di fantasia met uilen bij een steen

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, in or before c. 1750 - in or before c. 1762

  • Artwork typeprint, titelprent
  • Object numberRP-P-1950-649
  • Dimensionsheight 220 mm x width 174 mm
  • Physical characteristicsets

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Titelprent voor Scherzi di fantasia met uilen bij een steen

  • Series title(s)

    Scherzi di fantasia

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-1950-649

  • Inscriptions / marks

    collector's mark: Lugt 2228

  • Catalogue reference

    • De Vesme 13-1(2)
    • Rizzi 4-1(2)

Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italy
    • after design by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

  • Dating

    in or before c. 1750 - in or before c. 1762

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ets

  • Dimensions

    height 220 mm x width 174 mm

Explanatory note

  • Titelprent voor serie met drieëntwintig prenten, bekend als Scherzi di fantasia. Na Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's dood werden de prenten in wisselende samenstellingen tot twee keer toe uitgegeven door zijn zoon, Giovanni Domenico.

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the J.W. Edwin Vom Rath Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1950

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

  • Jaco Rutgers, ‘The dating of Tiepolo’s Capricci and Scherzi’, Print Quarterly 23 (2006) 3, pp. 254-263

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