Vago é mirar, come l'uman pensiero... (Shooting from the Hide)
1763
Artist, Italian, 1702 - 1786
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Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
New Century Fund, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Florian Carr Fund
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Dimensions
plate: 63.2 × 50.9 cm (24 7/8 × 20 1/16 in.)
sheet: 64.1 × 51.3 cm (25 1/4 × 20 3/16 in.) -
Accession
2014.176.18
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Catalogue Raisonné
Le Blanc 1854-1888, no. 91
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Cesare Morini, Milan (d. 2013); his widow, Karin Wachtel, Milan; (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2014 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1854
Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 91
1922
Ravà, Aldo. Marco Pitteri incisore Veneziano. Florence, 1922: no. 276
Inscriptions
below image in plate: Petrus Longhi pinxit Ven; Marcus Pitteri sculpsit Ven. / Vago é mirar, come l'uman pensiero / Sovente colga con il finto il vero / Mente sagax auceps depicto saepe volucri / aerias volucres ducit in insidias
Wikidata ID
Q77008047