In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Observed by Punchinello and friends, a centaur is subdued by a maiden’s musical charms. Rendered touchingly vulnerable, the creature lies with its head on the girl’s lap. One of the simplest instruments, the tambourine was typically played by itinerant musicians—nymphs, vagabonds, seducers—and was traditionally considered the quintessential attribute of the outsider, an aspect reinforced in the 20th century by Bob Dylan’s "Mr. Tambourine Man."
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo — Punchinello Retrieving Dead Fowl
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo — Punchinellos Felling (or Plantin
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo — The Burial of Punchinello
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669) — The Large Lion Hunt
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo — The Flogging of Punchinello
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1664) — Laban 
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo — Punchinellos Outside a Circus
Giuseppe Piattoli — Scene from Ancient History
Alonso Berruguete — The Age of Iron
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770) — Flight into
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo — Satyrs Carrying Baskets of Provi
Anonymous, French, 17th century — Sketch for Adoration of th
