Boy and Girl with a Donkey

1764

Francesco Londonio

Associated Names
Francesco Londonio

Artist, Italian, 1723 - 1783

This is a drawing of a person riding a donkey while another follows on foot. The scene is set in a rustic environment, depicting a person riding a donkey and another figure walking alongside. The seated figure is gesturing towards something. In the background, there is a tree. The animals and figures are detailed with attention to texture and shading. The drawing is executed on textured paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching heightened with white on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.7 × 18 cm (9 5/16 × 7 1/16 in.) [trimmed within platemark]
    mount: 43.5 × 28.2 cm (17 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.19.52

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Scola 1994, no. 50, State i/iii

  • Series Title

    Series of Six Etchings

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner LLC, New York); A. Thompson Ellwanger III and Gregory Mescha, Baltimore; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Scola, Monica. Catalogo ragionato delle incisioni di Francesco Londonio. Milan, 1994, no. 50, i/iii

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: FL; lower left in plate: F.o Londonio; by later hand, lower right verso, in graphite: N. 30 / Scola 47/I (v.III)

Wikidata ID

Q76561114

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