Punchinellos digging a grave

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727-1804) Punchinellos digging a grave signed ‘Dom. Tiepolo f’ (lower right) and numbered, probably by the artist, ‘43’ (in the border, upper left) black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark letters VC surmounted by a star in a crest 13 ¾ x 18 ¼ in. (34.8 x 46.3 cm.)