Apollo and Studies of the Artist's Own Hand [recto]

1730/1732

Francesco Fontebasso

Artist, Venetian, 1709 - 1769

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink, black chalk, on tan oatmeal paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William N. Cafritz

  • Dimensions

    overall: 45.2 × 57.2 cm (17 13/16 × 22 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1990.33.1.a

Associated Artworks

Head of a Woman and Studies of a Male Nude [verso]

Francesco Fontebasso

1709

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Gallery, London, 1978); (Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich); (Paul Prouté, Paris); acquired 1990 by NGA.

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, 272, 273, 451, no. 176 (repro. p. 272, color)(entry by Margherita Giacometti), as Apollo, Studies of Hands, and a Male Head (recto).

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 78.

Bibliography

1990

  • Proute, Paul. DESSINS ESTAMPES (Catalogue "Gericault"), Paris: 1990, 14.

  • Magrini, Marina. "Francesco Fontebasso-I disegni," Saggi e Memorie di Storia dell'Arte 17, 1990: 197, 358.

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: 272-273, 451, no. 176.

Wikidata ID

Q64562371

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