River Landscape with Tobias and the Angel

c. 1648

John Galioth Nardois

Associated Names
John Galioth Nardois

Artist, French, 1600 - 1660

The image is a black and white etching of a landscape with two figures, lush vegetation, winding trees, a river with swans, distant hills, a cloudy sky, and a harmonious balance of detailed line work and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.2 × 27 cm (6 × 10 5/8 in.); trimmed within platemark

  • Accession Number

    2018.159.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Antiquarius srl, Rome); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 1

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Galioth N. F.

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