The Spinario
1581
Artist, Italian, c.1547 - 1612
Publisher, French, active in Italy, died 1585

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 30.6 × 20.8 cm (12 1/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
sheet: 54.2 × 42.9 cm (21 5/16 × 16 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2009.100.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch, no. 42
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Bassenge, Berlin, 4 June 2009, no. 5259); (C. G. Boerner, Inc., New York); purchased 2009 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2021
By Her Hand: Artemesia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500-1800, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford; The Detroit Institute of Arts, 2021-2022.
By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 2021 - 2022, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1802
Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821: no. 42.
1991
Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Adamo e Diana Scultori, Milan, 1991: no. 50 i/iv.
Inscriptions
lower left in image: DIANA INCIDEBAT; lower right, below image, in plate: Romae. Claudij. ducheti. Formis. 1581.
Markings
none
Watermarks
fleur-de-lys in shield with six-pointed star (Woodward 115-118)
Wikidata ID
Q76441058