Personification of Engraving (Allegoria dell'incisione)

1879

Domenico Morelli

Artist, Neapolitan, 1823 - 1901

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.1 × 15.9 cm (5 3/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 19.1 × 26.3 cm (7 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.107.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Davoli 1955, no. 2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Edolo Masci [1938 - 2008] Rome; Isabella Aslan, Rome; (Philibiblon Gallery S.r.l., Rome); 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

1955

  • Davoli, Angelo. L'acquaforte italiana dell'Ottocento. Reggio Emilia, 1955: no. 2

1993

  • Aslan, Sissi. Incisione italiana dell'Ottocento (Rome, 1993): no. 63

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Morelli

Watermarks

bird in a circle

Wikidata ID

Q77007855


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