Il sonno di Cleonice (Cleonice's Sleep)
1784
Artist, Irish, 1751 - 1814
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint printed in brown and light green on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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
2016.171.1.11
Associated Artworks
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Henry Tresham
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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 sonno di Cleonice / Se Faone preferiva a tutte Cleonice, non era ingiusta la di lui scelta / Libro II Cap. I.
Wikidata ID
Q77259943