Faone narra la sua trasformazione (Phaon Describing His Transformation)

1784

Henry Tresham

Artist, Irish, 1751 - 1814

Henry Tresham

Attributed to

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.6 × 21.3 cm (11 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 43.3 × 32.5 cm (17 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.171.1.9

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Text Page

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Visconti Collection? (see Inscriptions). (Hill-Stone Incorporated, Dartmouth, MA); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Enrico Tresham inv. e inc.; lower center in plate: FAONE narra La sua trasformazione / INtanto la Vergine bevea a larghi sorsi il velano ed inebbriata dal soavitá di quelele parole, si stendeva verso del narratore con volto ansioso

Wikidata ID

Q77259939

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