The Animals Going toward the Ark
1650/1655
Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 20.7 × 39.8 cm (8 1/8 × 15 11/16 in.)
framed: 44.45 × 59.69 cm (17 1/2 × 23 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1992.107.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 1, State before the fault in the plate
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (1778-1864) (Lugt 2200); L.K.B. (not in Lugt); Christopher Mendez, London; purchased by NGA 1993.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.
1997
Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.
2012
The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012
2020
A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2020, no. 47 (Washington venue canceled).
2021
A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 [canceled for National Gallery of Art venue], Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2021 - 2022, no. 47.
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.
2020
Bober, Jonathan. A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750,Exh cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington: 192, no. 47.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: GB (in monogram) / Castilione / (not deciphered)
Watermarks
crown?
Wikidata ID
Q75121451