Self-Portrait of Giovanni Antonio Ranza

c. 1790

Italian 18th Century, after Giovanni Antonio Ranza

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint with roulette on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of James A. Bergquist

  • 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 Number

    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

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