Femme de Palestrina (Woman from Pellestrina)

1775

Giovanni David

Associated Names
Giovanni David

Artist, Italian, 1743 - 1790

The image shows a woman standing on the shore with her back facing the viewer. She is wearing a shawl and holding a fishing pole with a fish in her hand. A male figure is next to her tending to a fishing net in the water. In the background, there is a sea with a boat on the horizon, and fish are seen on the shore.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.9 × 16.5 cm (9 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 39.3 × 27.6 cm (15 1/2 × 10 7/8 in.) (irregular)

  • Accession Number

    2013.173.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 111a, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Divers Portraits (Various Portraits)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2003

  • Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003: no. 111a (ii/ii).

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: David Gen. Inv. fecit; lower center in plate: Femme de Palestrina / .........en ces emplois l'aube du lendemain / Souvent la trouve encore......... Bol. Sat. 10

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q77005859

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