Gravure en Taille-Douce: pl. IV

1771/1779

Antonio Baratta

Associated Names
Antonio Baratta

Artist, Italian, 1724 - 1787

Denis Diderot

Editor, French, 1713 - 1784

The image contains multiple sections showing different artistic engravings. In the top left and right corners, there are two oval portraits of a person's head and shoulders. The lower left corner features anatomical drawings of an arm and hand with labeled parts. The central section includes another oval portrait, with the subject looking upwards, and in historic attire. The bottom right corner shows a muscular figure poised as though swinging a large club. French text appears below the engravings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.5 x 22.6 cm (14 x 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 40.2 x 25.7 cm (15 13/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.20.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd., New York; purchased 1996 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: AB. s.; lower center in plate: Gravure en Taille-Douce.; lower left in plate: 156.; upper right in plate: Pl. IV.

Wikidata ID

Q75396591

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