ORThe Open Room
Digital gallery
Back to the NGA collection
This is a drawing of three figures outside a stone chapel. The scene includes a natural landscape with trees and rocky hills. The figures are richly dressed in period costumes and seem to be engaged in a dramatic interaction.
Read the visual description

This is a drawing of three figures outside a stone chapel. The scene includes a natural landscape with trees and rocky hills. The figures are richly dressed in period costumes and seem to be engaged in a dramatic interaction.

National Gallery of Art · Print

"...disposto...disposto sempre all'ubbidienza" (Always Ready to Obey)

Gallo Gallina

Date
1828-1830
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 31.8 × 43 cm (12 1/2 × 16 15/16 in.) sheet: 45.1 × 56.8 cm (17 3/4 × 22 3/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2013.171.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
I promessi sposi (The Betrothed), 1827 (independent plate)

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • Costume
  • Man
  • Building
  • Writing
Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe. La Mandragola di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in stone: Gallo Gallina; lower right in stone: Litografia Ricordi; lower center in stone: "...disposto ...disposto sempre all'ubbidienza" Manzoni Cap. I. pag. 241 MILANO / N. 333

NGA object ID 163145. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.