This drawing is a sketch of two people in dynamic poses. A woman is seated or reclining while looking upwards, a long cloth draped around her lower body. To the right, a man is standing with his knees bent, leaning forward, and reaching upward with one arm. This man is seen in profile, and has short, curly hair and a cloth draped over his shoulders like a cape. The man and the woman hold hands, and she has her other hand on his knee. The man reaches up towards a tree behind the woman, writing something into its bark with a long tool. In the bottom left corner, two small dogs sit at the feet of the woman. The drawing is in light gray lines on beige paper, and the shapes are loose, with few details.
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This drawing is a sketch of two people in dynamic poses. A woman is seated or reclining while looking upwards, a long cloth draped around her lower body. To the right, a man is standing with his knees bent, leaning forward, and reaching upward with one arm. This man is seen in profile, and has short, curly hair and a cloth draped over his shoulders like a cape. The man and the woman hold hands, and she has her other hand on his knee. The man reaches up towards a tree behind the woman, writing something into its bark with a long tool. In the bottom left corner, two small dogs sit at the feet of the woman. The drawing is in light gray lines on beige paper, and the shapes are loose, with few details.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Angelica and Medoro

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Medium
graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 20.4 x 18.2 cm (8 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1995.52.23
Credit line
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • Italian
  • classical
  • mythology
  • Angelica
  • Medoro
Provenance

Sir Bruce Stirling Ingram, Buckinghamshire, England [1877-1963]; (Sabin Galleries, Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1975-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Inscription

by later hand, lower right in graphite: Cipriani

NGA object ID 75932. 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.