ΦΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ ΑΠΝΟΥΣ (I Seem to Be Breathless)
1784
Artist, Irish, 1751 - 1814
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint printed in brown and gray on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 28.7 × 21.5 cm (11 5/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 43.1 × 32.5 cm (16 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.) -
Accession
2016.171.1.14
Associated Artworks
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Le Avventure di Saffo (The Adventures of Sappho)
Henry Tresham
1784
Novella del naufragio (News of the Shipwreck)
Henry Tresham
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Ascolta e Spera (Listen and Hope)
Henry Tresham
1784
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Visconti Collection? (see Inscriptions). (Hill-Stone Incorporated, Dartmouth, MA); purchased 2016 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2021
Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.
Bibliography
2021
Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 149, fig. 2.
Inscriptions
lower center in plate:ΦΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ ΑΠΝΟΥΣ [phainomai apnous]
Wikidata ID
Q77259948