Personification of Engraving (Allegoria dell'incisione)
1879
Artist, Neapolitan, 1823 - 1901

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, aquatint, and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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
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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