Exhibitions/ Selected Artworks

Tiepolo Caricatures from the Robert Lehman Collection

At The Met Fifth Avenue
June 30–September 28, 2014

Exhibition Objects


14 Objects

Caricature of a Fat Person Wearing a Long Cloak and a Tricorne, Seen from Behind

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)

Date: 1760 (?) Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash Accession Number: 1975.1.449

Caricature of a Person in a Voluminous Gown, Seen from Behind

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)

Date: 1760 (?) Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash Accession Number: 1975.1.450

Caricature of a Man Holding a Tricorne, Seen from Behind

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)

Date: 1760 (?) Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash Accession Number: 1975.1.456

Caricature of a Man Wearing a Wig and a Tricorne, Seen from Behind

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)

Date: 1760 (?) Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash Accession Number: 1975.1.458

Caricature of a Fat Man, Seen From Behind

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696–1770 Madrid)

Date: 1760 (?) Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash Accession Number: 1975.1.459

The Infant Punchinello in Bed with His Parents

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)

Date: late 18th–early 19th century Medium: Pen and brown ink, two shades of brown wash, over black chalk Accession Number: 1975.1.465

Punchinello as a Dressmaker

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)

Date: ca. 1800 Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk Accession Number: 1975.1.466

The Flogging of Punchinello

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)

Date: ca. 1800 Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk Accession Number: 1975.1.467

Punchinellos Felling (or Planting) a Tree

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)

Date: late 18th–early 19th century Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over rough black chalk Accession Number: 1975.1.468

Punchinellos Outside a Circus

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)

Date: late 18th–early 19th century Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk Accession Number: 1975.1.469

Punchinello's Mother (?) Sick in Pregnancy

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)

Date: early 19th century Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk Accession Number: 1975.1.470

Punchinello Retrieving Dead Fowls from a Well

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)

Date: late 18th–early 19th century Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk Accession Number: 1975.1.471

Punchinello as Tailor's Assistant

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)

Date: late 18th–early 19th century Medium: Pen and brown ink, light brown wash, over black chalk Accession Number: 1975.1.472

The Burial of Punchinello

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)

Date: ca. 1800 Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown and yellow wash, over black chalk. Accession Number: 1975.1.473