Man Driving an Animal
c. 1747
Artist, Venetian, 1711 - 1773
Giovanni Francesco Costa
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, hand-colored with watercolor, on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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 Number
2014.176.4
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Series Title
Anamorphoses, plate 8
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