Seated Man in Sixteenth-Century Costume

c. 1878

Gioacchino Banfi

Associated Names
Gioacchino Banfi

Artist, Italian, 1851 - 1885

The image shows a person seated on a bench with one leg crossed over the other. They lean forward with an arm resting on the seat back. The individual's facial features are partially in profile, with dark hair. They wear a loose garment. The background is textured with a combination of cross-hatching and shading, creating light and dark contrasts.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.2 × 15 cm (7 9/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.9 × 33 cm (18 7/8 × 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.79.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mezzetti 1935, no. 20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1935

  • Mezzetti, Amalia.L'acquaforte lombarda nella seconda metà dell'800. Milan, 1935: no. 20

Inscriptions

lower left in image: G Banfi

Watermarks

O A / FABR [fragment]

Wikidata ID

Q77015300

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