The Virgin
mid 18th century
Giovanni Bottani, after Giuseppe Bottani
Artist, Italian, 1725 - 1804
Artist After, Italian, 1717 - 1784
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of James A. Bergquist, in honor of Andrew Cliffe Robison
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Dimensions
plate: 17.15 × 12.38 cm (6 3/4 × 4 7/8 in.)
sheet: 23.81 × 17.78 cm (9 3/8 × 7 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.4.3
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Catalogue Raisonné
De Vesme 1906, no. 1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(James A. Bergquist, Newton, MA); gift to NGA, 2015.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1906
Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906: no. 1
2000
Arcari, Gianluigi. "Incisioni," in Chiara Tellini Perina, in _Giuseppe Bottani (Cremona 1717 - Mantua 1784). Mantua, 2000: no. 13.
Inscriptions
below image in plate: Dei Genitrix intercede pro nobis / peint par Joseph Bottani Gravè par Jean Bottani
Wikidata ID
Q77008372