The Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni David

Artist, Italian, 1743 - 1790

Scarsellino

Artist After, Italian, 1551 - 1620

Giovanni David after Scarsellino

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching touched by the artist in red chalk, brown pen and ink, and graphite on laid paper [working proof]

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 44.1 x 34 cm (17 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.132.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 129

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased by NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

2003

  • Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in brown ink: David Gen: inv: fecit; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 1776; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Proof

Wikidata ID

Q76341600

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