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Etching of a reclining soldier, a bearded magician, and a woman with a flowered wreath around a burning skull beside a stone pillar.

A Magician, A Soldier, and Three Figures Watching a Burning Skull, from Scherzi

An etching in black ink on paper shows a reclining soldier in a cloak and tall hat beside a crumbling stone pillar, while a bearded magician in a robe and a woman with a flowered wreath look on. A flaming skull sits at the lower right, and a wooden staff lies across the foreground.

Artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Date
1735–40
Medium
Etching printed in black on paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2084 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1740).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings Purchase Fund

Español: Un mago, un soldado y tres figuras observando un cráneo en llamas

Un aguafuerte en tinta negra sobre papel muestra a un soldado recostado, con capa y sombrero alto, junto a un pilar de piedra en ruinas, mientras un mago barbudo con túnica y una mujer con corona de flores lo observan. Un cráneo encendido aparece en la parte inferior derecha y un bastón de madera yace en primer plano.

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