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Eighteenth-Century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eighteenth-Century Italian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bean, Jacob, and William Griswold

1990

280 pages

308 illustrations

8.5 x 11 in

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

Preface

Works Cited in Abbreviated Form

Notices and Illustrations

Index of Former Collections

Concordance

Index of Artists

Met Art in Publication

An Artist and His Model, Felice Giani Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, on gray-brown washed paper — An Artist and His Model
Felice Giani
1778–1823

The Annunciation, Antonio Gionima Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk — The Annunciation
Antonio Gionima
ca. 1731

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Agatha and Saint Lucy, Nicola Grassi Italian, Red chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink — The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Agatha and Saint Lucy
Nicola Grassi
1682–1750

The Holy Family, Gaetano Gandolfi Italian, Red chalk, highlighted with white, on beige paper — The Holy Family
Gaetano Gandolfi
1734–1802

The Royal Family of Troy Mourning the Death of Hector, Gaetano Gandolfi Italian, Black chalk — The Royal Family of Troy Mourning the Death of Hector
Gaetano Gandolfi
1734–1802

Saint John Nepomucen Venerating a Crucifix, Gaspare Diziani Italian, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk. Lined — Saint John Nepomucen Venerating a Crucifix
Gaspare Diziani
1689–1767

Manius Curius Dentatus Refusing the Presents of the Samnite Ambassadors, Fedele Fischetti Italian, Brush and black, gray, and white gouache, on paper prepared with gray-brown gouache — Manius Curius Dentatus Refusing the Presents of the Samnite Ambassadors
Fedele Fischetti
1732–92

Reclining Male Nude (recto); Seated Male Nude (verso), Ubaldo Gandolfi Italian, Red chalk, highlighted with white (recto); red and black chalk, highlighted with white (verso) — Reclining Male Nude (recto); Seated Male Nude (verso)
Ubaldo Gandolfi
1728–81

Seated Male Nude, Ubaldo Gandolfi Italian, Red chalk, highlighted with white — Seated Male Nude
Ubaldo Gandolfi
1728–81

A Dying Ecclesiastic Supported by an Angel, Gaetano Gandolfi Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk — A Dying Ecclesiastic Supported by an Angel
Gaetano Gandolfi
1760–70

Scene from Ancient History, Giuseppe Piattoli Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink at left, upper, and right margins — Scene from Ancient History
Giuseppe Piattoli
1785–1807

Sheet of Studies: Five Angels (recto); Youth in Clerical Robes and Other Studies (verso), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash (recto), pen and brown and black ink (verso) — Sheet of Studies: Five Angels (recto); Youth in Clerical Robes and Other Studies (verso)
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696–1770

Marine Deity with Attendant Female Figure, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk — Marine Deity with Attendant Female Figure
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696–1770

Design for a Ceiling (recto); Bearded Man Standing (verso), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (recto); brush and brown wash, over black chalk (verso) — Design for a Ceiling (recto); Bearded Man Standing (verso)
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696–1770

The Sword of Damocles, Giuseppe Piattoli Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash — The Sword of Damocles
Giuseppe Piattoli
1785–1807

Hercules and Omphale, Gaspare Diziani Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk; squared in black chalk — Hercules and Omphale
Gaspare Diziani
1689–1767

Studies of Nude Men, Nicola Grassi Italian, Red chalk — Studies of Nude Men
Nicola Grassi
1682–1750

Adoration of the Magi, Ercole Graziani the Younger Italian, Black chalk, stumped, highlighted with white, on beige paper — Adoration of the Magi
Ercole Graziani the Younger
1688–1765

The Feast of Belshazzar, Antonio Gionima Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk, on brownish paper — The Feast of Belshazzar
Antonio Gionima
1697–1732

The Virgin Entrusting the Christ Child to Saint Francis of Assisi, Gaspare Diziani ? Italian, Two sheets of paper joined horizontally above center: pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over red chalk and lead or graphite (bottom sheet); brush and gray wash, over red chalk (top sheet) — The Virgin Entrusting the Christ Child to Saint Francis of Assisi
Gaspare Diziani
1689–1767

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Bean, Jacob, and William Griswold. 1990. 18th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: the Metropolitan museum of art Harry N. Abrams.