Allegory of Painting, c. 1775/1776

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

123 × 85 mm (trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Newcome Schleier Grasso, 2003, no. 143 State i/ii (before aquatint)

Accession Number

2021.66.1

Artists / Makers

Giovanni David (artist) Italian, 1743 - 1790

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in image: David Gen. Inv. fecit; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: [not deciphered]; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 200287

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2021 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Bibliography

2003: Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003: no. 143, i/ii