Death Reading to a Group of Standing Figures, from Vari Capricci, from Diversarum Iconum...Series Secunda

1740–43

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (14 × 18 cm)
Collection no.: 32.12.1(46)
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Death Reading to a Group of Standing Figures, from Vari Capricci, from Diversarum Iconum...Series Secunda — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. 1740–43.

Medium: Engraving. Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (14 × 18 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932.

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.

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