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 50 artworksAlbum of Prints by Anton Maria Zanetti I, Giovanni Antonio Faldoni, and Andrea Zucchi
Giovanni Antonio Faldoni, Anton Maria Zanetti I, Andrea Zucchi
1721
Madonna and Child, Saint Stephen, Another Saint, and a Young Man or Woman
Anton Maria Zanetti I
1722
Saint Sebastian
Anton Maria Zanetti I
1723
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