Il corpo di Luciano Manara visitato dai soldari (The Body of Luciano Manara Visited by Soldiers)

1884

Eleuterio Pagliano

Associated Names
Eleuterio Pagliano

Artist, Italian, 1826 - 1903

This is an interior scene featuring a draped body on a bier. The setting includes plain walls, a closed door in the background, and a cross hanging on the wall to the left. The body is covered with a sheet on a table-like structure. Objects in the room include bottles on the floor. Figures stand to the right, observing the body. The text "ROMA - 1849" is inscribed at the top, and "IL CORPO DI LUCIANO MANARA VISITATO DAI SOLDATI" is written at the bottom. The composition shows fine lines depicting textures and shadows, typical of etching.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on heavy laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 39.7 × 57.8 cm (15 5/8 × 22 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 49 × 67.5 cm (19 5/16 × 26 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.118.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mezzetti 1935, no. 382

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Mattia Jona, Master Drawings and Prints, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1935

  • Mezzetti, Amalia.L'acquaforte lombarda nella seconda metà dell'800. Milan, 1935, no. 382

Inscriptions

upper center in image; ROMA 1849; lower center in plate: IL CORPO DI LUCIANO MANARA VISITATO DAI SOLDARI; lower right in image: Pagliano

Wikidata ID

Q77005738

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