Venus as a Huntress Appearing to Aeneas and Achates
1713
Antonio Balestra
Artist, Venetian, 1666 - 1740
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, traces of red chalk upper left
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 23.3 x 16.2 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1982.17.2
Artwork history & notes
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
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.
Inscriptions
lower right in brown ink: Ant Balestra. Vero; lower left verso by Esdaile in brown ink: J McGowan's sale 1804 P5.N34
Watermarks
Cartouche
Wikidata ID
Q64536268