Angelica and Medoro

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Artist, Italian, 1727 - 1785

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with brown and gray wash over graphite on laid paper; verso, design of four concentric circles surrounding laurel wreath drawn on verso in pen and black ink and graphite

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 12.4 x 8.8 cm (4 7/8 x 3 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.95


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 180 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist, center right in pen and black ink (within the drawing): ANGELIC; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: D27075

Wikidata ID

Q64572319


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