The Fall of Phaeton

1745/1750

Gaspare Diziani

Artist, Venetian, 1689 - 1767

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over red chalk with brown and gray wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall (approximate): 40.7 x 33 cm (16 x 13 in.)
    support: 50.6 x 43.4 cm (19 15/16 x 17 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1978.52.3


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Armand Louis de Mestral de Saint Saphorin [1738-1806]; Marguerite and Madeline de Mestral; Rene de Cerenville, Lausanne; Nathan Chaikin; David Daniels; (sold, Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1978, no. 37); (David Tunick, Inc.); acquired 1978 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., May 1983.

1994

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 267, 269, 449, no. 173 (repro. p. 269, color)(entry by Margherita Giacometti).

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 76.

Bibliography

1974

  • Pignatti, Terisio. _ Venetian Drawings from American Collections_. Washingon, 1974: 32, 57.

1981

  • Pignatti, Teresio. Disegni antichi del Museo Correr di Venezia. Vol. II (Dall'Oglio-Fontebasso). Venice, 1981: 122.

1994

  • The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: 267, 269, 449, no. 173.

Inscriptions

in unknown hand, lower left in brown ink on mount: S." Ritchi

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q64571021


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