Seated magician, boy and four figures from the Scherzi di Fantasia

ca. 1743–50

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching; first state of two
Dimensions: Plate: 9 x 7 1/16 in. (22.8 x 17.9 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (34.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection no.: 1976.537(24)
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Seated magician, boy and four figures from the Scherzi di Fantasia. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Seated magician, boy and four figures from the Scherzi di Fantasia — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. ca. 1743–50.

Medium: Etching; first state of two. Dimensions: Plate: 9 x 7 1/16 in. (22.8 x 17.9 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (34.3 x 23.5 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; Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; 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.

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