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Tommaso Bigatti

Elaborate Wall Decorations with Venus and Adonis, c. 1800

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Medium

gouache over traces of graphite on "swan skin" (fine mammalian parchment made to appear avian)

Dimensions

sheet: 31.7 × 45.6 cm (12 1/2 × 17 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David H. McDonnell

Accession Number

2017.126.2

Artists / Makers

Tommaso Bigatti (artist) Italian, active c. 1800

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Provenance

An "aristocratic family," Sicily; (their sale, Christie's, London, 10 December 2015, no. 24); David H. McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

McDonnell, David H.

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