The "Ovens," for Those Who Wouldn't Admit Their Crimes

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: 24.6 × 30.5 cm (9 11/16 × 12 in.)
    sheet: 28.5 × 35.2 cm (11 1/4 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.137.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

In plate, below image, at left: Galibertilid; in plate, below image, at right: Gio de Pian s.; in plate, below image, at center: Prigioni dette forni dove si facevano rinchiudere quelli che non uolevano palesare li loro de litti / No. 4 pi.3 Vi; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 582; by later hand, upper left verso in pen and black ink: 4 [in circle]; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: Pian (De) Gio; C34

Watermarks

crowned bird with CAF(?)

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