a) On Maneuvers (recto); b) On Maneuvers (verso) (Alle Manovre)
1888
Medium
etching on laid paper (proof impressions on recto and verso)
Dimensions
plate: 8.89 × 13.97 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.) sheet: 10.16 × 16.51 cm (4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection and Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
2021.103.2.a-b
About the Artist
Giovanni Fattori
Giovanni Fattori (1825–1908) was born in Livorno and showed such aptitude for drawing that his family redirected him from a planned commercial education to an artistic apprenticeship under the local painter Giuseppe Baldini. In 1846 he moved to Florence, where he studied under Giuseppe Bezzuoli and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. His early work followed the conventions of historical and religio...