Giovanni David | Representation of the Virgin in the Temple
DAVID, GIOVANNI
1743 Cabella Ligure - 1790 Genua
Title: Representation of the Virgin in the Temple.
Verso: Representation of the Virgin in the temple.
Technique: India ink pen over pencil drawing on paper.
Mounting: Mounted.
Measurement: 36 x 46,5cm.
Notation: Inscribed lower left: "Davide Giovanni / N. 57 Collezione Santo Varni".
Frame: Framed.
Literature:
M. Newcome, Genoese Baroque Drawings, Austell.Kat. Binghamton, New York 1972, cat.no. 150;
M. Newcome-Schleier, Drawings by Giovanni David, "Master drawings" 31, 1993, p. 469-479: 473, ill. 9, 10;
M. Newcome-Schleier, G. Grasso, Giovanni David. Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo, Torino 2003, cat.no. D31, p. 79.
We are grateful to Simonetta Prosperi Valenti, Rome, for confirming the attribution of the present painting on the basis of a high-resolution digital photograph and her help in cataloguing it.
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DAVID, GIOVANNI
1743 Cabella Ligure - 1790 Genua
Title: Representation of the Virgin in the Temple.
Verso: Representation of the Virgin in the temple.
Technique: India ink pen over pencil drawing on paper.
Mounting: Mounted.
Measurement: 36 x 46,5cm.
Notation: Inscribed lower left: "Davide Giovanni / N. 57 Collezione Santo Varni".
Frame: Framed.
Literature:
M. Newcome, Genoese Baroque Drawings, Austell.Kat. Binghamton, New York 1972, cat.no. 150;
M. Newcome-Schleier, Drawings by Giovanni David, "Master drawings" 31, 1993, p. 469-479: 473, ill. 9, 10;
M. Newcome-Schleier, G. Grasso, Giovanni David. Pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo, Torino 2003, cat.no. D31, p. 79.
We are grateful to Simonetta Prosperi Valenti, Rome, for confirming the attribution of the present painting on the basis of a high-resolution digital photograph and her help in cataloguing it.
