The birth of Punchinello’s father

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727-1804) The birth of Punchinello’s father signed ‘Dom.o Tiepolo f’ (lower right) and numbered, probably by the artist, ‘1’ (in the border, upper left) black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark three crescents (cf. Heawood 867) 13 5/8 x 18 3/8 in. (34.6 x 46.6 cm)