Femme de Palestrina, from the Divers Portraits [Various Portraits]
Primary
Giovanni David
(Cabella Ligure, Alessandria, Italy, 1749–Genoa, Italy, 1790)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1775
MediumEtching and aquatint
DimensionsSheet: 11 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (29 × 21.5 cm)
Additional Dimension: 9 7/16 × 6 5/8 in. (24 × 16.8 cm)
Additional Dimension: 9 7/16 × 6 5/8 in. (24 × 16.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Julia and Stephen Wilkinson, 1993.3
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1993.3
On View
Not on viewAn idiosyncratic and inventive painter, David began making prints during a sojourn in Venice. His earliest prints, the Divers Portraits are a series of twelve characters from various walks of life in that city.
Exhibitions
Dominique Vivant Denon
1818