Rabbit and Two Fighting Men

c. 1747

Giovanni Francesco Costa

Associated Names
Giovanni Francesco Costa

Artist, Venetian, 1711 - 1773

The image contains curved lines and shapes swirling around a central point. It has an abstract nature with vibrant colors merging into each other. In the center at the bottom, there is an animal figure resembling a rabbit nestled within a tunnel or archway formed by the shapes. The swirling colors and shapes suggest movement and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, hand-colored with watercolor and gouache, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.4 × 29.5 cm (8 1/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 23 × 32 cm (9 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.176.6

  • Series Title

    Anamorphoses, plate 10

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. 30.

Inscriptions

lower center in image: Costa; lower right in image: 10

Markings

unidentified

Wikidata ID

Q77008025

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