A Genie Aloft
1722
Artist, Italian, 1680 - 1757
Artwork overview
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Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut, three woodblocks in pink, light brown, and dark brown on laid paper with gilt edges mounted on laid paper with wash borders
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/block: 16 × 8 cm (6 5/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
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Accession
1952.8.486.15
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 15
Associated Artworks
See all 49 artworksMadonna and Child, Saint Stephen, Another Saint, and a Young Man or Woman
Anton Maria Zanetti I
1722
Saint Sebastian
Anton Maria Zanetti I
1723
Madonna Seated and Child, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Joseph
Anton Maria Zanetti I
1680
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ambroise Firmin Didot (1790-1876) [bookplate]. (Pierre Berès Inc., New York); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia, PA, purchased 1952; gift to NGA, 1952.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.
Inscriptions
Monograph in lower right "P.", "AMZ", with the date "1722"; on mount, at lower center, in black ink, in later hand: 16; on mount, at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: B.15; verso: none
Markings
"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65222356