Two Lovers

John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

attributed to John Baptist Jackson, probably after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from five blocks in shades of brown and gray on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 38.3 x 26.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.) cut to block mark

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.533

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 36

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 20, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.
[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 36

Wikidata ID

Q76557117

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