The Dancer Holoke-GO-Zen

1873

Giuseppe de Nittis

Associated Names
Giuseppe De Nittis

Artist, Italian, 1846 - 1884

The image shows a woman reclining in a side profile. She has her head slightly tilted upwards and her hair is styled up. She is wearing a patterned or textured dress. There is no visible jewelry. The background is textured with light and shadow. The setting appears intimate and quiet.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and roulette on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19 × 27 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/8 in.)
    plate: 21.6 × 28.5 cm (8 1/2 × 11 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 35.2 × 51 cm (13 7/8 × 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.7.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fiorani 1999, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, Stanford, CA); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.

2022

  • An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe de Nittis, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 2022-2023, pl. 55, repro.

Bibliography

1999

  • Fiorani, Fabio. De Nittis incisore. Rome, 1999: no. 12.

2022

  • Miracco, Renato, editor.An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe De Nittis. Exh. cat. the Phillips Collection, Washington, 2022-2023: 178, pl. 55.

Inscriptions

recto: lower left in plate: De Nittis '73; lower left in red pencil: a M André / De Nittis

Markings

none

Watermarks

interlaced letters with the number 6

Wikidata ID

Q76552457

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