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

1775

Giovanni David

Associated Names
Giovanni David

Artist, Italian, 1743 - 1790

The image shows an illustration of a person standing upright. The person has a rounded face with plump cheeks, small deep-set eyes, short curly hair, and is wearing a long coat over a suit with a buttoned waistcoat and knee-breeches. They have shoes with buckles and hold a tricorn hat and a bundle of papers or a book under one arm. There are no noticeable pieces of jewelry. In the background on the right, there is an ornate stone fountain with a lion's head, and on the left side, there is a simple building with smoke coming from its chimney. The foreground includes some sparse vegetation on the ground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.143.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

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

Markings

none

Watermarks

FV (not identified)

Wikidata ID

Q75421422

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