The Triumph of Amphitrite
1745/1750
Artist, Venetian, 1686 - 1758

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 27.7 × 45.3 cm (10 7/8 × 17 13/16 in.)
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Accession
1993.29.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The 'Reliable Venetian Hand,' Venice (Lugt 3005c-d); Colnaghi, London, 1993; purchased by NGA, 1993.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1993
Stephen Ongpin, "Master Drawings." Exh. cat. Colnaghi, London, June 30-July 9, 1993, no.44.
2014
The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 75.
Bibliography
1993
Master Drawings. Exh. cat. Colnaghi, London, 1993: no. 44.
2012
Ton, Denis. Giambattista Crosato: Pittore del Rococo Europeo. Verona: Fondazione Giorgio Cini (2010): 137, no. 98
Inscriptions
by later hand (by the 'Reliable Venetian Hand'), lower right in brown ink: Giambatista Crosato Vene
Watermarks
double line capitals "IHS above IVILLEDARY" (fine Dutch paper made throughout the eighteenth century, frequently for export)
Wikidata ID
Q64572321