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Seated Magician (Le Magician Assis et Observant des Cranes)

1737
18th century

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (aka Giambattista Tiepolo), Italian, (1696–1770)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching

State: First state, before the number

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Robelot (Lugt 2141)

Bibliography: De Vesme 17 (p. 386); Rizzi 8 i/ii.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1940

Accession Number: 1940.D1.184

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allegory, magic*, magicians*, occult sciences*

allegory
magic - Study and practice of ritual activities intended to control or influence human or natural events through the invocation of external and impersonal mystical forces beyond the ordinary human sphere; typical ritual activities include the manipulation of special objects and the recitation of spells. [October 1994 scope note added; related term added.]
magicians - Those who practice magic. [October 1994 descriptor added.]
occult sciences - Range of studies, theories, and practices involving a belief in and knowledge or use of supernatural forces or beings, the goal of practice being the manipulation or subversion of natural laws to achieve some desired purpose. [November 1994 related term added. October 1994 scope note added; lead-in terms added; alternate term added. July 1994 related term added. January 1994 related term added.]

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (aka Giambattista Tiepolo), Italian, (1696–1770) . Seated Magician (Le Magician Assis et Observant des Cranes), 1737. Etching. First state, before the number. : mm (in.). DAC accession number 1940.D1.184. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1940. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .

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