Art, literature & history
The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello
early 1750s
- Dating
- Within this decade
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching on laid paper tinted with yellow-green watercolor
- Dimensions
- sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 23.5 x 18.3 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1991.104.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. early 1750s.
Medium: etching on laid paper tinted with yellow-green watercolor.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 23.5 x 18.3 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1991.104.1. Gift of Christopher Mendez, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.