Democritus

1775

Giovanni David

Artist, Italian, 1743 - 1790

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.8 x 21.2 cm (11 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 30.5 x 21.8 cm (12 x 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.67.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 117, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Trinity Fine Art Ltd.); purchased by NGA 2008.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012

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, no. 117 iii/iii.

Inscriptions

within platemark, lower left: David Gen. Inv. fecit; lower center, within platemark: Integer vitae sclerisque purus Hor. Lib. I od. 22; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 2.2; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 02/99

Wikidata ID

Q76439089

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