Little Girl Smiling

c. 1916

Carlo Paolo Agazzi

Associated Names
Carlo Paolo Agazzi

Artist, Italian, 1870 - 1922

The image is a portrait sketch showing the head and a portion of the shoulders of a person, likely a child, turned slightly to one side. The person's face is directed to the right, with subtle facial features and a hint of a smile. The hair is wavy and tousled, covering the top of the head and cascading down. The person is wearing a garment with a textured collar or neckline. There is no visible jewelry or objects. The background is plain, with a margin surrounding the sketch and a signature visible below the portrait on the right side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint printed in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 × 14.2 cm (7 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.1 × 24 cm (12 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.30.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mezzetti 1935, no. undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(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

lower right in graphite: Carlo Paolo Agazzi

Wikidata ID

Q77259180

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