Self-Portrait of Giovanni Antonio Ranza
c. 1790
Artist

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and aquatint with roulette on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 14.2 × 11.2 cm (5 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
sheet: 14.7 × 11.7 cm (5 13/16 × 4 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2023.120.7
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Augusto Federico Calabi (1890-1973); by descent to his son Lorenzo Calabi (1922-Boston 18 January 2016); James A. Bergquist; gift to National Gallery of Art, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
recto: in plate, inscribed in oval frame around sitter: IL REPUBBLICANO GIOVANNI ANTONIO RANZA NATO IN VERCELLI LI XIX GENNAIO MDCCXLI