The Episode of the Falling Idol

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

National Gallery of Art

This print shows a detailed wooded landscape. On the left, there is a headless female statue in a draped garment, standing on a pedestal near a with path through the dense trees. On the right, a man with a staff leads a donkey carrying a woman with a child along the path. The man looks back over his shoulder toward the statue. In gaps through the trees, patches of white sky can be seen.