Three figures and a snake coiled around a staff, surrounded by a landscape, the central figure rests his left hand on a shield and leans toward a bearded figure holding a book, from the series 'The Capricci', Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Print. Date: 18th century. Dimensions: sheet: 5 3/16 x 6 13/16 in. (13.1 x 17.3 cm). Medium: etching print. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Three figures and a snake coiled around a staff, surrounded by a landscape, the central figure rests his left hand on a shield and leans toward a bearded figure holding a book, from the series 'The Capricci' MET DP832511