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Giovanni Volpato
The Puppetscirca 1764

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Engraving of two boys at a street puppet theater, one playing violin and one holding back a curtain, with puppets visible on the small stage
Artist or Maker
Giovanni Volpato
Title
The Puppets
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1764
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 11 7/8 in. (38.42 × 30.16 cm) Image: 13 1/8 × 10 7/8 in. (33.34 × 27.62 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph B. Koepfli
Accession Number
M.74.75
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Pezzini, Grazia Bernini, et al. Giovanni Volpato, 1735-1803. Bassano del Grappa: Ghedina & Tassotti, 1988.
  • Zerner, Henri. Venice in the Eighteenth Century: Prints and Drawings. Providence, RI: Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, 1967.

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.

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