Scoa Camin (Chimney Sweep), published 1753

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series Title

Le Arti che vanno per via nella Città di Venezia

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 26.5 x 18 cm (10 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1992.99.1.a

Artists / Makers

Gaetano Zompini (artist) Italian, 1700 - 1778

Image Use

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Inscription

across bottom in plate: Spazzo i camini, e suodo a ora scura / Le fosse; e me sfadigo zorno, e notte / Per render stà Città netta, e segura.; lower right in plate: 1

Provenance

(Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London, England); purchase 1992, by NGA

Associated Names

Quaritch Ltd., Bernard

Bibliography

2021: Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 110, fig. 1.