Le Marchand allant à Rialto (The Merchant at the Rialto)

1775

Giovanni David

Artist, Italian, 1743 - 1790

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.2 × 16.9 cm (9 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 38.1 × 27.1 cm (15 × 10 11/16 in.) (irregular)

  • Accession

    2013.173.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 15a, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2003

  • Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: David Gen. Inv. Fecit.; lower center in plate: le Marchand allant à Rialto. ; OU LE TABARRO. / L'Argent l'argent dit on; sans lui tout est sterile. Boil. Epit. 5

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q77005851


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