The "Giardin Scuro," for Executions by Strangling, 1797

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series Title

I Pozzi e i Piombi di Venezia (The Wells and Leads of Venice) [plate 2]

Medium

etching and aquatint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 23.7 × 30.2 cm (9 5/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

sheet: 28.4 × 35.2 cm (11 3/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2019.137.2

Artists / Makers

Giovanni De Pian (artist) Italian, 1764 - 1800

Francesco Galimberti (artist after) Italian, 1755 - 1803

Image Use

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Inscription

in plate, below image, at left: Gallimberti delineo; in plate, below image, at right: G. de Pian s.; in plate, below image, at center: Camerotto detto Giardin Scuro dove soleano far strozare per ordine dell'fu Cons.o di X. esistente nel mezzo delle carceri giù del ponte della pagli / No. 2; Piedi 6 Veneti; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 582; by later hand, upper left verso in pen and brown ink: 2 [in circle]; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: Pian (De) Gio; C. 34

Provenance

(La Portantina di Mattia Jona, Milan); purchased 2019 by NGA.

Associated Names

La Portantina di Mattia Jona