Man Driving an Animal

c. 1747

Giovanni Francesco Costa

Artist, Venetian, 1711 - 1773

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, hand-colored with watercolor, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21 × 30 cm (8 1/4 × 11 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.6 × 32.8 cm (9 5/16 × 12 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.176.4

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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. 28.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: 8

Watermarks

coat of arms

Wikidata ID

Q77008022

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