Giovanni Gabrielli

c. 1599

Agostino Carracci

Associated Names
Agostino Carracci

Artist, Bolognese, 1557 - 1602

The image shows a man's upper body. He is turned slightly to the right, with intense eye contact towards the viewer. The man has deep-set eyes, a prominent nose, a neatly groomed beard and mustache, and wavy hair styled upwards. He is wearing a collared shirt with a detailed cross-hatched vest. In his hands, he holds a theatrical mask, which has serene facial features. The background consists of tightly spaced horizontal lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.2 x 12.6 cm (7 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.9 x 13.3 cm (7 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.25.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bohlin 1979, no. 212, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, 29 November 2007, no. 5053); (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1979

  • Bohlin, Diane DeGrazia. Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1979.

Inscriptions

lower right in image: AVGE; lower center below image: Solus instar omnium / Joannes Gabriel Comicus Huneupatus SJVEL / P.S.F.

Wikidata ID

Q76439044

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