Lucretia

c. 1775-1776

Giovanni David

Associated Names
Giovanni David

Artist, Italian, 1743 - 1790

The image depicts a seated woman with most of her body visible. She is leaning slightly forward with her head turned to the side, her right hand covering her face. Her hair is styled in an updo, pulled back from her face. She wears a flowing robe or gown, and there are ornate elements around her, including a sculpted piece with swirling designs. She holds a slender dagger in her left hand. The background is simple, possibly suggesting an interior setting with subdued decor.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.4 × 13.5 cm (3 11/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 12.1 × 17.8 cm (4 3/4 × 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.107.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 146, State undesc. ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Bassenge, Munich, 3 June 2020, no. 5256); (via C.G. Boerner LLC, New York); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2003

  • Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003: no. 146, undesc. ii/ii

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 124, fig. 11.

Inscriptions

in plate, below image, at left: David Gen.Inv. f.; in plate, below image, at center: Lucrezia; by later hand, lower left of mount in brown ink: gravé par Giovanni David / voir Ch. Le Blanc tome 2 page 99

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