Two Magicians with Two Boys, from Scherzi
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1735–40
Medium
Etching printed in black on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 21.8 × 17.5 cm (8 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 23.3 cm (12 1/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
23585
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...