# A Sorcerer Examining Animal Skulls

- By: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice, 1696–1770)
- Date: in or before c. 1750
- Medium: paper
- Classification: print
- Dimensions: height 225 mm x width 178 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the J.W. Edwin Vom Rath Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-P-1950-653--c6683eee37266993c2ebedf40f815f8d)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/iOakA/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This print belongs to the series Scherzi di fantasia, a title perhaps best translated as ‘Fantastic jokes.’ In these prints Tiepolo was not telling a story, but rather transporting the viewer into a bizarre dream world populated by wizards and fabulous creatures. Death and decay are continually on the lurk.