Trompe l'Oeil: Landscapes and Sheep, Using Original Copperplates

c. 1790

Milanese 18th Century

Artist

Francesco Londonio

Artist, Italian, 1723 - 1783

Milanese 18th Century, and Francesco Londonio

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etchings and color etching with touches of engraving printed in black and brown with ochre watercolor on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.8 x 37.5 cm (10 3/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 29 x 42 cm (11 7/16 x 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.163.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); Ellwanger/Mescha Collection, Washington, D.C.; gift 2006 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 60.

Inscriptions

in image of sheep: FLondonio / 1760

Wikidata ID

Q76335949

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