# The Triumph of Pulcinella [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TIEPOLO, Giovanni Domenico]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 35 x 58 cm ## Commentary Pulcinella is a classical character that originated in commedia dell'arte of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry. The Triumph of Pulcinella is a series of paintings originally consisting of four paintings that deal with the carnival and its gallery of musicians, street performers, and quacks. Pulcinella is easily recognised by his fat, hunchbacked physique, large nose, and conical hat. The Triumph of Pulcinella pokes fun at triumphal entries familiar from traditional ceremonies where the triumphator is the centre of attention. Here the ceremony has been caricatured with the ample figure of Punchinello carried by his brother while other characters from comedian Della look on. ## Related artworks - [Ball in the Country]() - [Carnival Scene \(The Minuet\)]() - [Cavalcade of the Pulcinellas]() - [Ceiling tondo]() - [Charlatan]() - [Charlatan]() - [Christ and the Adulteress]() - [Classical Figures Conducting an Antique Rite]() - [Exotic Figures]() - [Faith]() - [Falcon Pursuing a Flock of Finches]() - [Family Meal \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()