Abbandonata si Dispera (Abandoned and Despairing)
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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Accession
2016.171.1.17
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
1784
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
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: Enrico Tresham inv. e inc.; lower center in plate: ABBANDONATA SI DISPERA / Ella vide in quel piento oscurato per sempre ogni raggio di speranza, e pero / la immensità del suo affanno non ritrovo la via di uscire in singulti &. / Lib. III. Cap. VII.
Wikidata ID
Q77259953