Antonio Vassilacchi
Medium
color mezzotint
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.1166
Art Historical Context
This enchanting color mezzotint, titled *Antonio Vassilacchi* and created by Italian engraver Carlo Lasinio in 1789, pays homage to the 16th-century Greek-Italian painter Antonio Vassil (also known as Antonio Aliense). Produced "after" Vassilacchi, it likely reproduces a self-portrait or likeness of the Renaissance artist, who was renowned for his dramatic frescoes in Venetian churches like San Giorgio Maggiore. Lasinio, a master of reproductive prints during the late Enlightenment, captured Vassilacchi's dignified presence with remarkable fidelity, bridging centuries through art historical tr...