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1624

Giovanni Battista Bracelli

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Bracelli

Artist, Italian, active c. 1624 - 1649

The image shows two figures made of geometric shapes, mainly rectangles and squares with intersecting lines. The figures resemble robotic or armored forms, appearing as if constructed from blocks. Each figure holds a bird, one on an arm and the other on a shoulder. One of the figures holds a long spear-like object.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1961.17.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Preaud 1975, no. A (series)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Baroness Burdett Coutts [1814-1906], London; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 May 1922, no. 67); Arthur Rau. Robert de Billy. Alain Brieux. Irving Davis, London. Hans P. Kraus, New York, July 14, 1954; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, September 1954; gift to NGA, 1961.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Architecture of Life, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California, 2016

  • Architecture of Life, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, 2016, unnumbered catalogue.

Wikidata ID

Q65226223

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