Democritus, 1775

Not on View

series Title

Six Etchings Dedicated to Giacomo Durazzo

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 29.8 x 21.2 cm (11 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.)

sheet: 30.5 x 21.8 cm (12 x 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Newcome Schleier-Grasso 2003, no. 117, State iii/iii

Accession Number

2008.67.1

Artists / Makers

Giovanni David (artist) Italian, 1743 - 1790

Image Use

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Inscription

within platemark, lower left: David Gen. Inv. fecit; lower center, within platemark: Integer vitae sclerisque purus Hor. Lib. I od. 22; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 2.2; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 02/99

Provenance

(Trinity Fine Art Ltd.); purchased by NGA 2008.

Associated Names

Trinity Fine Art Ltd.

Exhibition History

2012: The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012

Bibliography

1854: Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

2003: Grasso, Giovanni, and Mary Newcome Schleier. Giovanni David, Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Turin, 2003, no. 117 iii/iii.