Bauco near Rome (Bauco presso Roma)

c. 1904

Giovanni Fattori

Associated Names
Giovanni Fattori

Artist, Italian, 1825 - 1908

The image depicts a rustic structure on an elevated stone terrace. The surrounding landscape and the stone building are the focal points. The stone surfaces and environment are detailed with dense line work. The color scheme is monochromatic with shades of black, white, and gray. Stone steps lead upward with weathered walls and plants visible. The sky is textured with cross-hatched lines in the upper background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper (proof)

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 43.7 × 28.7 cm (17 3/16 × 11 5/16 in.) [irregular]
    plate: 23 × 13.8 cm (9 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.30.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baboni 1983, no. CXI, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

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

Bibliography

1983

  • Baboni, Andrea.Giovanni Fattori: l'opera incisa. 2 vols. Milan, 1983, no. CXI.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right, in graphite: Gio. Fattori; by later hand, upper right, in graphite: 19 [crossed out]; by later han, verso upper left, in graphite: 7; by later hand, verso upper right, in graphite: 89 / 919 / MR; by later hand, verso lower center, in graphite: Bauco presso Roma / Benaglia e Petrucci N. 110 . Servolini N. 109; by later hand, verso lower right, in graphite: 3

Markings

blindstamp of Collezione G. Malesci . Giovanni Fattori; verso: stamp, lower right, purple ink: Galleria d'arte / "Del Leone" / Legrano / Corso Garibaldi 21- Tel 47081 / 25. Ott. 1952

Wikidata ID

Q76561655

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