The "Well," for Violators of State Law, 1797

Not on View

Medium

etching and aquatint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.4 × 30.5 cm (9 5/8 × 12 in.)

sheet: 28.2 × 35.2 cm (11 1/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2019.137.3

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 del.; in plate, below image, at right: de Pian incise; lower center in plate: Pozzo primo sotto l'ultima scala, ove s'impritionavano li delinquenti per materia di Stato / No. 3; Piedi 3 Veneti; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 582; by later hand in graphite, upper left verso: 3 [in circle]; by later hand in graphite, upper right verso: Pian (De) Gio; C34

Provenance

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

Associated Names

La Portantina di Mattia Jona