The Discovery of Pulcinella’s Grave
How can Pulcinella’s grave be discovered? After all, Pulcinella is a stock character in the commedia dell’ arte, the improvised Italian theatre. As such he does not actually exist, yet he is nevertheless immortal. However, everything is possible in the world that sprang from Tiepolo’s mind, and so he lies buried here (right foreground). The bone and hourglass emphasize that Pulcinella is also just a human, who has died.
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The Discovery of Pulcinella’s Grave
How can Pulcinella’s grave be discovered? After all, Pulcinella is a stock character in the commedia dell’ arte, the improvised Italian theatre. As such he does not actually exist, yet he is nevertheless immortal. However, everything is possible in the world that sprang from Tiepolo’s mind, and so he lies buried here (right foreground). The bone and hourglass emphasize that Pulcinella is also just a human, who has died.
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Aankoop uit het J.W. Edwin Vom Rath Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
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Purchased with the support of the J.W. Edwin Vom Rath Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
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Hoe kan een mens het graf van ...... maar een mens, en hij is dood.
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How can Pulcinella’s grave be ...... so just a human, who has died.
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RP-P-1950-665
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Rijksmuseum
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De ontdekking van het graf van Pulcinella
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The Discovery of Pulcinella’s Grave
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created
in of voor ca. 1750
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in or before c. 1750
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height 223 mm
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plaatrand breedte 182 mm
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plaatrand hoogte 223 mm
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width 182 mm
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Collectie: prenten
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Collection: prints
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De Vesme 29 1(2)
Rizzi 20 1(2)
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second quarter 18th century
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tweede kwart 18e eeuw
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