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Figures with a burning pyre of bones

Maker

(artist)
1696-1770

(etcher)
1696-1770

(publisher)
1680-1767

(publisher)
1680-1767

Title

Figures with a burning pyre of bones

Date of Production

1743

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 14 cm
Width: 17.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1978.PG.16

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

The seated woman in the centre of this image, with her arms in chains, is a traditional figure representing patience. She and her companions appear to be watching a kind of sacrificial fire; as with so many of Tiepolo's prints, the meaning of this juxtaposition is unclear.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

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

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : middle left image on base of column & recto : : Tiepolo //

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