Two Cubic Figures with Their Hands on the Ground

1624

Giovanni Battista Bracelli

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Bracelli

Artist, Italian, active c. 1624 - 1649

The image shows two mechanical structures with angular lines and geometric shapes, supported by four legs each. The design resembles walking machines or quadrupedal robots, with intricate patterns hinting at an industrial and structural appearance akin to scaffolding or architectural frameworks.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.5 × 11.2 cm (3 3/8 × 4 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 11.3 × 15 cm (4 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1961.17.29

  • 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

1965

  • Drolleries and Demons: Six Centuries of 'Fantastic' Prints, IBM Gallery, New York, NY, 1965.

2016

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

Wikidata ID

Q65226234

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