Cava Rii (Canal Dredgers)
published 1753
Artist, Italian, 1700 - 1778
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving and etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 27 x 18.6 cm (10 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
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Accession
1992.99.1.s
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London, England); purchase 1992, by NGA
Associated Names
Inscriptions
across bottom in plate: Sechemo l'aqua, e prima la se ferma; / Da i rii cavemo el fango col bail, / E in burchiele el portemo in tera ferma. (We stop up the water and empty it out; we dig out the mud from the small canals with shovels, and carry it in barrows to land); lower right in plate: 19
Wikidata ID
Q75119794