The Virgin and Child
mid 18th century
Giovanni Bottani
Artist, Italian, 1725 - 1804
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching 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: 13.02 × 11.27 cm (5 1/8 × 4 7/16 in.)
sheet: 29.53 × 21.91 cm (11 5/8 × 8 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.4.4
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Catalogue Raisonné
De Vesme 1906, no. 2
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. 2
2000
Arcari, Gianluigi. "Incisioni," in Chiara Tellini Perina, in _Giuseppe Bottani (Cremona 1717 - Mantua 1784). Mantua, 2000: no.16, as "Giovanni o Giuseppe Bottani... disegno da Giovanni Bottani?"
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: Dessiné et Gravé par J.B. / ΠΑΡΗΓΟΡΕ ΘΑΙΒΟΜΕΝΩΝ.
Wikidata ID
Q77008373