Orpheus and Eurydice

1802

Gaetano Gandolfi

Artist, Bolognese, 1734 - 1802

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black and white chalk on tan laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David E. Rust

  • Dimensions

    overall: 44.5 x 31.8 cm (17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.138.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Giovanni Ceschi, Bologna. (David Carritt, London); David Rust, Washington, D.C., 1960; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Bolognese Drawings in North American Collections, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1982, no. 114.

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 63.

Bibliography

1936

  • Bianchi, Lidia. I Gandolfi. Rome, 1936: no. 84.

1979

  • Pertini, Sandro, and Mimi Cazort. L'Arte del Settecento emiliano: La pittura, L'Accademi Clementina. Bologna, 1979: 135, under no. 285.

2012

  • Christie's New York, Old Master Paintings, Part I. 25 January 2012, 108, fig. 1 (under lot 35).

Inscriptions

verso in black chalk: G Gandolfi 1802

Wikidata ID

Q64571003


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