Soldier seated on a tomb and other figures
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(etcher)
1696-1770
1696-1770
(publisher)
1680-1767
1680-1767
(Artists)
1696-1770
1696-1770
(publisher)
1680-1767
1680-1767
Title
Soldier seated on a tomb and other figures
Date of Production
1743
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Height: 13.7 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Object Number
G.1978.PG.14
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Although the associations evoked by most prints in the series from which this work comes are notoriously difficult to pin down, there is a poignant contrast here between the youthful strength of the young soldier in the centre of this image and the reminder of mortality presented by the tombstone on which he sits.
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right image on stone slab & recto : : Tiepolo //
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Piranesi, Canaletto, Tiepolo - Etchings from the Courtauld Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/02/1999-03/05/1999
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