This is a drawing featuring a figure leaning over a funerary urn. The scene is rendered in black lines, showing a detailed figure with long hair and intricate clothing in a sad pose. The figure is huddled around a large urn adorned with decorations and a sign that reads "WE A.C.P." In the background, there is an obelisk with reliefs and inscriptions, statues on pedestals, trees, and a cloudy sky. The drawing showcases refined linework and shading to create texture and depth, conveying a somber visual narrative hinting at mourning or loss.
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This is a drawing featuring a figure leaning over a funerary urn. The scene is rendered in black lines, showing a detailed figure with long hair and intricate clothing in a sad pose. The figure is huddled around a large urn adorned with decorations and a sign that reads "WE A.C.P." In the background, there is an obelisk with reliefs and inscriptions, statues on pedestals, trees, and a cloudy sky. The drawing showcases refined linework and shading to create texture and depth, conveying a somber visual narrative hinting at mourning or loss.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Artemisia

Giovanni David

Date
c. 1775-1776
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 9.5 × 15 cm (3 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 11.5 × 14.9 cm (4 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2020.107.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Tree
  • Vase
  • Statue
  • Dress
Provenance

(sale, Galerie Bassenge, Munich, 3 June 2020, no. 5256); (via C.G. Boerner LLC, New York); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Inscription

in plate, below image, at left: David Gen.Inv:fecit; in plate, below image, at center: Artemisia; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 3-12; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: au [not deciphered] un plat Rond / [undeciphered] / [undeciphered 14 fevrier 1894

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