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The image depicts a rustic structure on an elevated stone terrace. The surrounding landscape and the stone building are the focal points. The stone surfaces and environment are detailed with dense line work. The color scheme is monochromatic with shades of black, white, and gray. Stone steps lead upward with weathered walls and plants visible. The sky is textured with cross-hatched lines in the upper background.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Bauco near Rome (Bauco presso Roma)
Giovanni Fattori
- Date
- c. 1904
- Medium
- etching on wove paper (proof)
- Dimensions
- sheet: 43.7 × 28.7 cm (17 3/16 × 11 5/16 in.) [irregular] plate: 23 × 13.8 cm (9 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2013.30.15
- Credit line
- Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
- Time span
- 1876 to 1900
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Stone
Provenance
(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.
Inscription
signed by artist, lower right, in graphite: Gio. Fattori; by later hand, upper right, in graphite: 19 [crossed out]; by later han, verso upper left, in graphite: 7; by later hand, verso upper right, in graphite: 89 / 919 / MR; by later hand, verso lower center, in graphite: Bauco presso Roma / Benaglia e Petrucci N. 110 . Servolini N. 109; by later hand, verso lower right, in graphite: 3
Marks
blindstamp of Collezione G. Malesci . Giovanni Fattori; verso: stamp, lower right, purple ink: Galleria d'arte / "Del Leone" / Legrano / Corso Garibaldi 21- Tel 47081 / 25. Ott. 1952
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