Mendicant Family of a Fallen Hero (Scena simbolica--Gruppo di famiglia dell'eroe caduto con elmetto), c. 1920

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Medium

etching on wove paper [proof in brown ink before reduction of the plate], printed on verso of reproductive lithograph of a harbor scene

Dimensions

sheet (cut to plate): 39.37 × 59.37 cm (15 1/2 × 23 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2022.97.1

Artists / Makers

Ernesto Bazzaro (artist) Italian, 1859 - 1937

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Inscription

upper left in image, in plate: COMITATO ASSISTENZA CIVILE / LVINO [surrounding coat of arms containing an eagle, a castle, and a swan]; lower right in plate: E. Bazzaro; lower right verso in image, in stone: A. Formis; lower left verso in stone: A SESTO CALENDE / 25; lower center verso in stone: IMPRESSIONI DAL VERO / DI / Achile Formis; lower right verso in stone: G. RICORDI & C._EDITORI / MILANO

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampee di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2022 by NGA.

Associated Names

Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi