Donna ignuda addormentata nel parco [Naked Woman Asleep in the Park]

1890s(?)

Carlo Paolo Agazzi

Associated Names
Carlo Paolo Agazzi

Artist, Italian, 1870 - 1922

The image shows a nude figure in a garden surrounded by dense foliage and tall trees. The scene includes an ancient tree or stone and a horizon not clearly visible. The trees have intricate details and a dense texture, while the overall color palette is muted and sepia-toned. In the distance, there are stone steps with decorative urns on pedestals.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 49.7 × 40.2 cm (19 9/16 × 15 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 62.5 × 49 cm (24 5/8 × 19 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.30.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mezzetti 1935, no. undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Scorticati Collection (not in Lugt). Carlo Merlini, Gorgonzola (not in Lugt). (La Portantina di Mattia Jona; Milan); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1935

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

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper verso in ballpoint pen: NUDO NEL GIARDINO / ACQUAFORTE 800" / FORSE AGAZZI / COMUNQUE PROVA D'ÁUTORE; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: Milano S.Ambrogio 7 Dicem--1963; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Agazzi?; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Viale de C[not deciphered]? / studio di figure F[not deciphered]

Markings

recto: none; verso: RACCOLTA / SCORTICATI / N. [in rectangle] stamped in purple [not in Lugt]

Wikidata ID

Q77259176

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