Paulinus, Cardinal and Patriarch of Aquileia, Transfers His Seat to Grado

c. 1796

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Artist, Venetian, 1729 - 1804

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black, gray, and brown ink with gray wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.8 x 28.2 cm (8 9/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.178


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Helene C. Seiferheld, New York); (Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York, as Scene in the Outskirts of Venice); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1977; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 90-91, no. 34 (entry by Daniella Berman).

Inscriptions

by artist, lower left in pen and brown ink: Pietro Ant. Novelli, dis.; by unknown hand, lower center verso in pencil: 403 (in circle) (sideways); by unknown hand, lower right in pencil: 7050/Seiferheld

Watermarks

IMPERIA surmounted by leaves (?)

Wikidata ID

Q64619669


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