Novella del naufragio (News of the Shipwreck)
1784
Artist, Irish, 1751 - 1814
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint printed in brown 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: 43.3 × 32.5 cm (17 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.) -
Accession
2016.171.1.15
Associated Artworks
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Saffo si accende per Faone (Saffo Ignited by Phaon)
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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: NOVELLA DEL NAUFRAGIO / Squarcio Saffo i veli, batte i piedi nelle arene, e deplorando verso il Mare / esclamo / Lib. III, Cap V
Wikidata ID
Q77259949