A Seated Young Woman Holding a Letter

c. 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: 10.5 × 9.6 cm (4 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 28 × 20.5 cm (11 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.37.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 147

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

François Heugel [1922-2010], Paris (Lugt 3373); (Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased by NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2003

  • Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003, no.147 (this impression illustrated)

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: David in f.

Wikidata ID

Q77006194

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