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Andrea Gastaldi

The Siege of Tortona, or The Thirst of the People of Tortona (La Costanza dei tortonesi), 1866-1867

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Medium

charcoal, black crayon, and white chalk on dark cream, machine-made wove paper, laid down on board

Dimensions

sheet: 193 × 173 cm (76 × 68 1/8 in.) (approximate dimensions; object

framed)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2018.176.1

Artists / Makers

Andrea Gastaldi (artist) Italian, 1826 - 1889

Image Use

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Provenance

Private collection, Italy; (Lullo-Pampoulides, London); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Lullo · Pampoulides

Exhibition History

2018: The Insatiable Desire: Collecting Paintings, Sculptures, and Drawings. Lullo-Pampoulides, London, 2018, no. 10 (color).

Bibliography

2019: Bober, Jonathan. "Andrea Gastaldi, The Siege of Tortona." National Gallery of Art Bulletin No. 60 (Spring 2019): 22-23 (color).

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