La fuga notturna (The Noctural Flight)

1784

Henry Tresham

Artist, Irish, 1751 - 1814

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in warm black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.5 × 21.3 cm (11 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 43 × 32.3 cm (16 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.171.1.13

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Associated Artworks

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Novella del naufragio (News of the Shipwreck)

Henry Tresham

1784

Ascolta e Spera (Listen and Hope)

Henry Tresham

1784

Saffo si accende per Faone (Saffo Ignited by Phaon)

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: LA FUGA NOTTURNA / Te infelice Scamondronimo... leggerai in que solchi impressi dalle volubili rote, la disperata / fuga della tua, ancora piu di te, sventurata figlia / Lib. II Cap. V

Wikidata ID

Q77259946

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