id:			160194
accession number:	1998.113
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.113
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:34.915000

Scherzi di Fantasia: Magician Pointing Out a Burning Head to Two Youths, 1750–60. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770). Etching; sheet: 39 x 27.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.); platemark: 22.6 x 18.5 cm (8 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1998.113

title:				Scherzi di Fantasia: Magician Pointing Out a Burning Head to Two Youths
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creation date:			1750–60
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1765
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Italy, 18th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: De Vesme 16, Rizzi 7

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CREATORS

* Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 39 x 27.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.); Platemark: 22.6 x 18.5 cm (8 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
state of the work:	I/II
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	description:	laid paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints
	opening date:   2000-09-17T00:00:00
	<i>From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).

	title:		The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art
	opening date:   2010-09-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art</i>. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK (organizer) (September 9, 2010-January 2, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17 - November 26, 2000.  "From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints."', 'opening_date': '2000-09-17T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Oklahoma City Museum of Art (9/9/2010 - 1/2/2011):  "The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art", cat. no. 65, p. 160.', 'opening_date': '2010-09-09T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(C.G. Boerner LLC, New York, NY)
	date: ?-1998
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 8, 1998
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