Le Zendale (Woman in a Hood, or the Woman Returning from Church), 1775

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series Title

Divers Portraits (Various Portraits)

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 24 × 16.9 cm (9 7/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

sheet: 37.8 × 26.8 cm (14 7/8 × 10 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 14 (before aquatint)

Accession Number

1998.143.3

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: le Zendale / Ou la Femme, qui revient de l'Eglise / Atten donc, et permets que je prèche à mon tour Boil. Sat. 10.

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.

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.