Bacchanal

1775

Giovanni David

Artist, Italian, 1743 - 1790

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 30.2 × 20.6 cm (11 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.) (cut to platemark)

  • Accession

    2013.106.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 116

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Justinus Kerner, Budapest (similar to Lugt 1567b). (sale, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, 30 May 2013, no. 5336); (via David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased by NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2003

  • Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003, no. 116

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: David Gen. Inv. fecit; lower center in plate: ... vino pellite curas Hor. Lib. I Od. 7; by later hand, upper center verso in graphite:Giovanni David (1743 - 1790); by later hand, lower center verso under collector's mark: Lugt 1567b; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: P

Watermarks

Crowned Strassburg lily with ICV

Wikidata ID

Q77005816

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