Seated Man in Sixteenth-Century Costume

c. 1878

Gioacchino Banfi

Associated Names
Gioacchino Banfi

Artist, Italian, 1851 - 1885

The image is an etching of a man seated on a block with one leg propped up by the other knee. He has one arm resting on another block beside him, and his head is slightly downturned. The man's facial features are finely detailed, and he has short hair. He is wearing a loose, long-sleeved top and knee-length trousers. The background is softly shaded with minimal detail, and there are no visible accessories or objects. The artwork focuses on the man's form and posture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint with drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of James A. Bergquist

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.4 × 15.1 cm (7 5/8 × 5 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.4 × 22.1 cm (10 13/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.120.21

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mezzetti 1935, no. 20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Augusto Federico Calabi (1890-1973); by descent to his son Lorenzo Calabi (1922-Boston 18 January 2016); James A. Bergquist; gift to National Gallery of Art, 2023.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1935

  • Mezzetti, Amalia.L'acquaforte lombarda nella seconda metà dell'800. Milan, 1935: no. 20

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at lower left: G. Banfi

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