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A scene of necromancy: a woman bearing a vessel, a turbaned man, and a soldier look toward a pedestal upon which a skull and limb bone are burning, a bearded male figure's face is visible behind the group, from the series 'Turns of fantasy' (Scherzi di fantasia)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

A scene of necromancy: a woman bearing a vessel, a turbaned man, and a soldier look toward a pedestal upon which a skull and limb bone are burning, a bearded male figure's face is visible behind the group, from the series 'Turns of fantasy' (Scherzi di fantasia)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Date
ca. 1743–57
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 8 15/16 x 7 3/8 in. (22.7 x 18.8 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
2012.136.419
Credit line
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid

Subjects and terms

  • Soldiers
  • Skulls
  • Men
  • Women

The Met object ID 397636. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.