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Three soldiers and a youth lying on his abdomen in a landscape, the soldiers bear armor and a flag, from the series 'The Capricci'
ca. 1740–42
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (17.5 x 20.7 cm) plate: 5 9/16 x 6 3/4 in. (14.2 x 17.2 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2012.136.420.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Three soldiers and a youth lying on his abdomen in a landscape, the soldiers bear armor and a flag, from the series 'The Capricci'. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Three soldiers and a youth lying on his abdomen in a landscape, the soldiers bear armor and a flag, from the series 'The Capricci' — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. ca. 1740–42.
Medium: Etching. Dimensions: sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (17.5 x 20.7 cm) plate: 5 9/16 x 6 3/4 in. (14.2 x 17.2 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.
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.