The "Ovens," for Those Who Wouldn't Admit Their Crimes, 1797

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series Title

I Pozzi e i Piombi di Venezia (The Wells and Leads of Venice) [plate 4]

Medium

etching and aquatint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.7 × 30.2 cm (9 3/4 × 11 7/8 in.)

sheet: 30.7 × 39.2 cm (12 1/16 × 15 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2016.168.3

Artists / Makers

Giovanni De Pian (artist) Italian, 1764 - 1800

Francesco Galimberti (artist after) Italian, 1755 - 1803

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Galiberti d.; lower left in plate: Gio de Pian sc.; lower center in plate: Prigioni dette forni dove si facevano rinchiudere quelli che non uolevano palesare le loro delitti. / No. 4 / Pi 3 Vi.

Provenance

(Mr. James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Exhibition History

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