The Adoration of the Magi

Not on View

Medium

etching touched by the artist in red chalk, brown pen and ink, and graphite on laid paper [working proof]

Dimensions

overall: 44.1 x 34 cm (17 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 129

Accession Number

2002.132.1

Artists / Makers

Giovanni David (artist) Italian, 1743 - 1790

Scarsellino (artist after) Italian, 1551 - 1620

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower left in brown ink: David Gen: inv: fecit; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 1776; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Proof

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased by NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Mendez, Christopher

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.