La fuga notturna (The Noctural Flight), 1784

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series Title

Le Avventure di Saffo (The Adventures of Sappho)

Medium

etching and aquatint printed in warm black on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 28.5 × 21.3 cm (11 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.)

sheet: 43 × 32.3 cm (16 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

William B. O'Neal Fund

Accession Number

2016.171.1.13

Artists / Makers

Henry Tresham (artist) Irish, 1751 - 1814

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Inscription

lower right in plate: Enrico Tresham inv e inc.; lower center in plate: LA FUGA NOTTURNA / Te infelice Scamondronimo... leggerai in que solchi impressi dalle volubili rote, la disperata / fuga della tua, ancora piu di te, sventurata figlia / Lib. II Cap. V

Provenance

Visconti Collection? (see Inscriptions). (Hill-Stone Incorporated, Dartmouth, MA); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Hill-Stone, Inc.