The "Well," for Violators of State Law

1797

Giovanni De Pian

Artist, Italian, 1764 - 1800

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.4 × 30.5 cm (9 5/8 × 12 in.)
    sheet: 28.2 × 35.2 cm (11 1/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.137.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(La Portantina di Mattia Jona, Milan); purchased 2019 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in plate, below image, at left: Gallimberti del.; in plate, below image, at right: de Pian incise; lower center in plate: Pozzo primo sotto l'ultima scala, ove s'impritionavano li delinquenti per materia di Stato / No. 3; Piedi 3 Veneti; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 582; by later hand in graphite, upper left verso: 3 [in circle]; by later hand in graphite, upper right verso: Pian (De) Gio; C34

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