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Giovanni David

Gaspar Gribolari Brocanteur à Padoüe (Gaspar Gribolari, Secondhand Dealer in Padua), 1775

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series Title

Divers Portraits (Various Portraits)

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.2 x 17 cm (9 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.)

sheet: 37.9 x 26.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 16 (before aquatint)

Accession Number

1998.143.1

Artists / Makers

Giovanni David (artist) Italian, 1743 - 1790

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left, in plate: David Gen.Inv.fecit; lower center, in plate: Gaspar Gribolari Brocanteur a Padoüe / Ses mots ont dans sa bouche une emphase admirable. Boil.Sat.10

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.

Exhibition History

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

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.

2021: Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 119, fig. 9.