A Fantastic Vase
1746/1747
Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brownish black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 23.8 × 14.2 cm (9 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1986.63.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(P&D Colnaghi & Co., London); acquired 1986 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1986
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, July 1986, no. 39
1994
Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.
1997
Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 58.
2014
The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 88.
Bibliography
n.d.
Colnaghi, London: 7/1/86-7/19/86, no.39.
Inscriptions
lower right verso in black chalk: Guardi
Watermarks
single circle containing a profile of a bird on a triple mountain (similar but not close enough to Heawood 161-168)
Wikidata ID
Q64572345