The "Well," for Violators of State Law, 1797

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series Title

I Pozzi e i Piombi di Venezia (The Wells and Leads of Venice) [plate 3]

Medium

etching and aquatint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.5 × 30.5 cm (9 5/8 × 12 in.)

sheet: 30 × 41.1 cm (11 13/16 × 16 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2016.168.2

Artists / Makers

Giovanni De Pian (artist) Italian, 1764 - 1800

Francesco Galimberti (artist after) Italian, 1755 - 1803

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

(Mr. James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Exhibition History

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

2021: Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 235, fig. 1