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1624

Giovanni Battista Bracelli

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Bracelli

Artist, Italian, active c. 1624 - 1649

The image shows geometric shapes and straight lines arranged to create an abstract scene. The forms resemble figures interacting in a unique way, with limbs and bodies made of rectangular and cylindrical blocks. The figures, built from these elements, suggest robotic or mechanical creatures. One figure appears to be holding another, similar to human interaction. The abstraction emphasizes geometry over realistic depiction, focusing on balance and form through simple shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1961.17.26

  • 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

1970

  • Jacques Callot, 1592-1635, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1970, no. 103.

Wikidata ID

Q65226226

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