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Cavalry Soldier (Soldato di cavalleria)

1880/1885

Giovanni Fattori

Associated Names

Giovanni Fattori

Artist, Italian, 1825 - 1908

The image shows a rider on horseback on a sloped track with trees in the distance. The etching features fine lines detailing the horse, rider, and landscape. The color scheme is black, gray, and white, highlighting the contrast between the sunlit path and shaded areas. The horse and rider are detailed on the bright path, with the road curving into a shadowed area lined by trees and dense grass.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching on wove paper (proof, before corners of plate were beveled)
Credit Line

Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection and Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund
Dimensions

plate: 8.57 × 23.81 cm (3 3/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
sheet: 20.64 × 36.83 cm (8 1/8 × 14 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2021.103.3
Catalogue Raisonné

Baboni 1983, no. XXII

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Umberto Sgarzi [1921-2017], Bologna, by descent; (Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2021 by NGA.

Associated Names

Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi

Bibliography

1983

Baboni, Andrea.Giovanni Fattori: l'opera incisa. 2 vols. Milan, 1983: no. XXII.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Gio Fattori [?]

Watermarks

none

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