Un Miracle [A Miracle]

1874

Mosè Bianchi

Associated Names
Mosè Bianchi

Artist, Italian, 1840 - 1904

This is a drawing of staircases and archways. The image shows several figures at the base of a large staircase. Grand archways are visible, along with a shadowy area in the background. The drawing features intricate line work and shading, creating a dynamic atmosphere. It is rendered in monochrome with contrasts between light and dark areas.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with aquatint on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.1 × 39 cm (11 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 34.8 × 43.5 cm (13 11/16 × 17 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.63.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mezzetti 1935, no. 78, state undescribed i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Childs Gallery, Boston); purchased by NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.

Bibliography

1935

  • Mezzetti, Amalia.L'acquaforte lombarda nella seconda metà dell'800. Milan, 1935: no. 78, undesc. i/ii

2014

  • Childs Gallery. The Annual, 1 (2014): no. 59.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate, in reverse: Milano, Bianchi [not deciphered] 1874; lower right in graphite: Un Miracle

Wikidata ID

Q77007058

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