Venus as a Huntress Appearing to Aeneas and Achates

1713

Antonio Balestra

Artist, Venetian, 1666 - 1740

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, traces of red chalk upper left

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23.3 x 16.2 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1982.17.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John McGowan (Lugt 1496) (sale, 1804), Edinburgh; William Esdaile [1758-1837], London; Private collection (sale, Christie's, London, 8 December 1981, no. 64); (David Tunick, New York); NGA purchase in 1982.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 83, 84, 426, no. 14 (repro. p. 84, color)(entry by Giorgio Marini).

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 47.

Bibliography

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: 83-84, 426, no. 14.

Inscriptions

lower right in brown ink: Ant Balestra. Vero; lower left verso by Esdaile in brown ink: J McGowan's sale 1804 P5.N34

Watermarks

Cartouche

Wikidata ID

Q64536268

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