Il rifiuto delle nozze (The Refusal of the Wedding)

1784

Henry Tresham

Artist, Irish, 1751 - 1814

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.5 × 21.4 cm (11 1/4 × 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.3 × 32.5 cm (17 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.171.1.10

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Associated Artworks

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Ascolta e Spera (Listen and Hope)

Henry Tresham

1784

La fuga notturna (The Noctural Flight)

Henry Tresham

1784

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: IL RIFIUTO DELLE NOZZE / Risonavano in quel soggiorno ripieno di mesto disordine, è flebili susurri intento ognu, / no a recared tal conforto a lei onde ribuperasse l'ufficio de sensi smarriti / Lib. I. Cap. XIII.

Wikidata ID

Q77259941

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