Sheet with Seven Etchings

c. 1775

Gaetano Gandolfi

Associated Names
Gaetano Gandolfi

Artist, Bolognese, 1734 - 1802

This is a drawing featuring detailed black and white sketches on a single sheet. The sheet displays various scenes and portraits. In the top left corner, there is a profile drawing of a woman's head with various hairstyles. Next to it, there is a chaotic scene of figures in a tussle. Adjacent is a sketch of an elderly man. Below the woman's portrait, there is an illustration of a cherubic figure standing on a globe. Alongside it, there is a sketch of a robed figure holding a tablet. Below the tussle, there is a scene of figures clashing in battle. Finally, in the bottom right, there is a sketch of figures in discussion. The sketches reflect a 17th-century Baroque style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    seven etchings printed on one sheet of laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    2020.46.5.a-g

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme 1906, nos. 19, 15, 9, 13, 14, 12, and 16.


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906:
    a. 19
    b. 15
    c. 9
    d. 13
    e. 14
    f. 12
    6. 16


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