Veduta della Girandola a Castel Sant'Angelo (Fireworks Display over the Castle Sant'Angelo)

1750/1752

Adrien Manglard

Associated Names
Adrien Manglard

Artist, French, 1695 - 1760

The image shows a scene along a river near the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome. The point of view is from a lower vantage point, with the river, architecture, and fireworks in view. The artwork features detailed etching techniques creating texture and depth. The color palette is monochromatic, relying on light and shadow for form and atmosphere. People are seen in boats and on the riverbanks watching the event, with a stone bridge connecting the scene to the castle in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with tengraving and burnishing on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1982.49.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 41

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (Lugt 408-409)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Regency to Empire: French Printmaking 1715-1814, The Baltimore Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1984-1985, no. 31, repro.

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

1984

  • Carlson, Victor I. and John W. Ittman. Regency to Empire : French Printmaking 1715-1814. Minneapolis, MN, 1984: no. 31.

Markings

recto: stamped in brown at lower center: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Lugt 408-409); verso: stamped in purple at lower right: B.N. éch. [indecipherable number]

Wikidata ID

Q74038639

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