Catafalque for Ranuccio II in the Church of the Steccata

1695

Niccolò Alù

Artist, French, active 1687 - 1707

Niccolò Alù, after Alessandro Baratta

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Vincent Buonanno

  • Dimensions

    plate: 46.5 × 36 cm (18 5/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 54 × 39.8 cm (21 1/4 × 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.41.7


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Vincent Buonanno, Providence, RI; gift to National Gallery of Art, 2023

Associated Names

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at lower left: Ales. Barat. del.; in plate, in image, at lower right: N. Alu. scul.; below image at left in graphite in later hand: Baratta, Alessio; below image at right in graphite in later hand: Berlin 3235 / Catafalque for Duke Ranuccio II of Parma / (from Teatro Funebre..del Duca Ranuccio II..1695 / Parma; verso: at upper left in brown ink in later hand: 70

Markings

none

Watermarks

fleur de lis with letters


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