Le Perruquier fatigué (The Tired Wigmaker)

1775

Giovanni David

Artist, Italian, 1743 - 1790

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.1 x 16.7 cm (9 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.2 x 26.6 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1998.143.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 112

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner Inc., New York); purchased by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

2003

  • Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003.

Inscriptions

lower left, in plate: David Gen.Inv.fec.; lower center, in plate: le Perruquier fatigué / Il change tous les jours d'espirit comme de mode. Boil. Sat. 8

Markings

none

Watermarks

Crown (partial watermark)

Wikidata ID

Q75421331

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