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This is a drawing of a decorative tabletop standing on two ornate bases. The tabletop is oval with intricate detailing around the edges and features a central crest or coat of arms with floral and leaf motifs. Below are two pedestal bases with ornamental detailing. The drawing is in a sepia tone, giving it an aged appearance.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Salver and an Openwork Base
Luigi Valadier
- Date
- 1755/1760
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk and graphite on laid paper, laid down on an album sheet
- Dimensions
- sheet: 35.6 × 25.7 cm (14 × 10 1/8 in.) mount: 45.6 × 33.6 cm (17 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 2016.68.2
- Credit line
- William B. O'Neal Fund
- Time span
- 1751 to 1775
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Shield
- Frame
Provenance
Valadier workshop until 1817; Giuseppe Spagna and his son Pietro Paolo, who took over the Valadier workshop and apparently gathered drawings from the Valadiers and their workshop in albums; the album containing this drawing purchased by a private collector, traveling in Italy toward the end of the 19th century; by descent; (Artemis Group, London); Trinity Fine Art, Ltd., London; John Winter, London; (his sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 December 2015, no. 127); (via Trinity Fine Art, Ltd); purchased 2015 by NGA.
Watermarks
Strasbourg lily in a shield with letters VDL; countermark: letters IV
NGA object ID 206076. 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.