Scholars Consulting Books and a Globe
c. 1747
Artist, Venetian, 1711 - 1773
Giovanni Francesco Costa
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, hand-colored with watercolor and gouache, on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 20.4 × 29.7 cm (8 1/16 × 11 11/16 in.)
sheet: 23.2 × 33.1 cm (9 1/8 × 13 1/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2014.176.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Cesare Morini, Milan (d. 2013); his widow, Karin Wachtel, Milan; (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2014 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2005
Una Venezia di carta: La città dei Dogi all'epoca di Canaletto e Tiepolo, Capolavori di una collezione di incisioni veneziane del Settecento, cat. by Antonia Nessi, Cabinet Cantonal des Estampes, Musée Jenisch, Vevey; Institut d'histoire de l'art et de muséologie, Université de Neuchâtel; Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, 2005-2006, no. 25.
2018
Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: Costa; lower left of plate: 2; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 109
Watermarks
coat of arms
Wikidata ID
Q77007933