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Bust of an Italian Woman

1875/1880

Giuseppe De Nittis

Artist, Italian, 1846 - 1884

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Artwork overview

Medium

drypoint on laid paper
Credit Line

Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Dimensions

plate: 31.7 × 21.6 cm (12 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)
sheet: 41.2 × 29.8 cm (16 1/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
Accession

2020.48.1
Catalogue Raisonné

Fiorani 1999, no. 28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hector Giacomelli [1822-1904], Paris and Versailles (Lugt 1311). (Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi

Bibliography

1999

Fiorani, Fabio. De Nittis incisore. Rome, 1999: no. 28

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: T697

Markings

Hector Giacomelli [1822-1904], Paris and Versailles (Lugt 1311)

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