The Rape of Proserpina

1592/1607

Giuseppe Scolari

Associated Names
Giuseppe Scolari

Artist, Venetian, before 1564 - 1625

This is a drawing of a chariot pulled by horses driven by a figure holding a trident. The drawing depicts a detailed scene where a figure is driving a chariot drawn by two horses. The chariot is shown in motion, with one wheel visible, accentuated by ribbons. Stylized clouds surround the scene in the sky. The drawing displays intricate line work and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut and wood engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 45.6 × 35 cm (17 15/16 × 13 3/4 in.), cut to image

  • Accession Number

    2016.170.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant 1860 - 1864, no. 67

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Baron Adelbert von Lanna [1836 - 1909], Prague (Lugt 2773); (Galerie Arnot, Vienna); Dr. Julius Hofmann [1840 - 1913]. Carlsbad (Lugt 1264); Friedrich W. Quiring, Eberswalde [b. 1886] (Lugt 1041c), after 1921; Unidentified collector [illegible mark]; (Susan Schulman, New York); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • Venetian Prints in the Time of Tintoretto, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019.

Bibliography

1860

  • Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au buring jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864: no. 67

1976

  • Rosand, David and Michelangelo Muraro. Titian and the Venetian Woodcut. Washington, D.C., 1976: no. 104B (ii/ii)

Wikidata ID

Q77258376

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