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Death giving audience

Maker

(artist)
1696-1770

(etcher)
1696-1770

(publisher)
1680-1767

(publisher)
1680-1767

Title

Date of Production

1743

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 17.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1978.PG.13

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

This etching from Vari Capricci, the earliest series of prints produced by Tiepolo, demonstrates his ability to invent imaginative compositions. The scenes combine figures and monuments in enigmatic groups that suggest themes of folklore and witchcraft, although their exact meaning is unknown. The connoisseur and collector Pierre-Jean Mariette noted that Tiepolo represented ‘dreams that passed through his head’ in these works. Here he conveys the macabre subject
through the mortals’ varying reaction to their encounter with Death, some recoiling and others leaning forward with curiosity.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014

Piranesi, Tiepolo, Canaletto - Etchings from the Courtauld
Collection, London & England, 11/02/1999-03/05/1999

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left image under dog & recto : : Tiepolo //

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