Two Girls Conversing: One Standing and Spinning

1764

Francesco Londonio

Associated Names
Francesco Londonio

Artist, Italian, 1723 - 1783

The image depicts a pastoral scene with two women conversing near a rustic wall. In the background, there are distant buildings, ruins, trees, and sheep. The style appears to be an engraving or etching with meticulous lines and shading. The color scheme is mostly muted with some soft orange accents on the women's clothing and sheep. Sheep are resting in the foreground, and the women are engaged in conversation with one holding a distaff. Greenery and structures in the background add depth to the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching heightened with white gouache on blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.5 x 28.7 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.4 x 40.8 cm (11 3/16 x 16 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.60.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Scola 1994, no. 53, State ii/iii

  • Series Title

    Twelve Etchings Dedicated to Lord Exeter

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. A. Thompson Ellwanger III and Mr. Gregory Mescha, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Scola, Monica. Catalogo ragionato delle incisioni di Francesco Londonio. Milan, 1994.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: A. S. E. / MILORD D'EXETER/ PARI D'INGHILTERRA / Dedica questi suoi pensieri / da esso Lui incisi in attestato / di profonda stima e respetto / Francesco Londonio Milanese / Napoli 1764

Wikidata ID

Q76339858

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