Allegory of Painting

c. 1775/1776

Giovanni David

Artist, Italian, 1743 - 1790

Giovanni David

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    123 × 85 mm (trimmed within platemark)

  • Accession Number

    2021.66.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Newcome Schleier Grasso, 2003, no. 143 State i/ii (before aquatint)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2021 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2003

  • Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003: no. 143, i/ii

Inscriptions

lower left in image: David Gen. Inv. fecit; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: [not deciphered]; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 200287

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