A Mythological Scene with Sea Gods
Artist, Venetian, 1762 - 1844
Artwork overview
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Medium
brown wash and pen and brown ink over graphite, heightened with white, on brown wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 20 x 27.1 cm (7 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
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Accession
1991.150.8
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection (Lugt unidentified); Professor Tito Miotti, Udine, ITA, by 1962; Spencer Drummond Limited, Hamilton, Bermuda; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, April 1977; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1962
Il Collezionista di Disegni, Tito Miotti, Venice, 1962, 93.
Cento Disegni del Bison, Udine, ITA, 1962-63, 55.
Bibliography
1993
National Gallery of Art. Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. Washington, 1993, checklist p. 91.
Inscriptions
lower right in pen and brown ink: Bison
Wikidata ID
Q64572478