Venus as a Huntress Appearing to Aeneas and Achates, 1713

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, traces of red chalk upper left

Dimensions

overall: 23.3 x 16.2 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1982.17.2

Artists / Makers

Antonio Balestra (artist) Venetian, 1666 - 1740

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in brown ink: Ant Balestra. Vero; lower left verso by Esdaile in brown ink: J McGowan's sale 1804 P5.N34

Provenance

John McGowan (Lugt 1496) (sale, 1804), Edinburgh; William Esdaile [1758-1837], London; Private collection (sale, Christie's, London, 8 December 1981, no. 64); (David Tunick, New York); NGA purchase in 1982.

Associated Names

Tunick, Inc., David

Exhibition History

1994: The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 83, 84, 426, no. 14 (repro. p. 84, color)(entry by Giorgio Marini).

2014: The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 47.

Bibliography

1994: The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: 83-84, 426, no. 14.