Art, literature & history
The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello, from the Scherzi
ca. 1743–50
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Plate: 9 1/8 x 7 3/16 in. (23.1 x 18.2 cm) Sheet: 13 9/16 x 9 5/16 in. (34.4 x 23.7 cm)
- Collection no.
- 1976.537(17)
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello, from the Scherzi. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello, from the Scherzi — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. ca. 1743–50.
Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Plate: 9 1/8 x 7 3/16 in. (23.1 x 18.2 cm) Sheet: 13 9/16 x 9 5/16 in. (34.4 x 23.7 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Dodge and Pfeiffer Funds, and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and Gift of Bertina Suida Manning and Robert L. Manning, 1976.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.