Amor Disarmato (Cupid Disarmed)
Giovanni David
1776
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 23.8 × 31.6 cm (9 3/8 × 12 7/16 in.) sheet: 29 × 36.7 cm (11 7/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Bert Freidus Fund
Accession Number
2014.93.1
About the Artist
Giovanni David · 1749–1790
Giovanni David (1743–1790) was a Genoese painter and etcher whose brief career, shaped by distinguished patronage and wide-ranging travel, produced a body of work remarkable for its experimental verve. Born in Genoa, he came under the protection of Count Giacomo Durazzo, a cultivated Genoese nobleman and diplomat who became the defining figure of his artistic life. Durazzo sponsored David's traini...