Intérieur d'église à Milan [Interior of a Church in Milan]

c. 1874

Mosè Bianchi

Associated Names
Mosè Bianchi

Artist, Italian, 1840 - 1904

The black and white etching shows six women seated on wooden chairs. They have indistinct facial features and wear ornate clothing with headdresses or shawls. The background features architectural details like arches and railing, drapery, and a hanging decoration or light fixture overhead. The floor is tiled.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with drypoint and aquatint on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.1 × 14 cm (8 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 47.9 × 36.9 cm (18 7/8 × 14 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.171.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mezzetti 1935, no. 88, State undescribed ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe. La Mandragola di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1935

  • Mezzetti, Amalia.L'acquaforte lombarda nella seconda metà dell'800. Milan, 1935: no. 88

1970

  • Vitali, Lamberto. Incisioni lombarde del secondo ottocento all'Ambrosiana: no. 41, ii/iv [proof before letters]

Inscriptions

lower left in image: M Bianchi (in revers); lower right in graphite: Black Mich(?); lower right verson in graphite: "Nel duomo di Monza" / 1874 / Interiore d Chiesa a Milan / Rep. 88

Wikidata ID

Q77005703

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