Imaginary Landscape with an Amorous Couple

c. 1560

Angelo Falconetto

Associated Names
Angelo Falconetto

Artist, Italian, active c. 1555/1567

The image shows a landscape with two reclining figures, a curved path, a dog, and a tree in the foreground. In the background, there is an architectural scene with domed and towered structures, cityscape, and a mountainous landscape. The sky has stylized cloud formations. The artwork utilizes a color palette of black and neutral tones, with intricate etched lines defining each element.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.5 × 28.2 cm (9 1/4 × 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.6 × 28.4 cm (9 5/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.27.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802-1821, undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, Paris); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821, undesc.

Inscriptions

lower center in image: AF (upside down and backwards)

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