Le Paveur (The Road Paver)

1775

Giovanni David

Associated Names
Giovanni David

Artist, Italian, 1743 - 1790

The image displays a man standing in a three-quarter view. He has a prominent nose and chin, short hair, and wears a dark coat, knee-length trousers, and a worn light-colored apron. In his hands, he holds a hat and either shoes or tools. Nearby are a wooden bucket and a masonry trowel. In the background is an aged stone wall with visible mortar and patches.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24 × 16.6 cm (9 7/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.3 × 28.6 cm (15 1/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.173.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 18a, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    Divers Portraits (Various Portraits)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

2003

  • Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003: no. 18a (ii/ii).

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 117, fig. 6.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: David Gen: Inv: fecit.; lower center in plate: le Paveur. / Des Paveurs en ce lieu me bouchent le passage. Boil. Sat. 6.

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q77005865

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