Le Zendale (Woman in a Hood, or the Woman Returning from Church)
Giovanni David
1775
Medium
etching and aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 24 x 16.9 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.) overall: 38.6 x 27 cm (15 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1998.143.4
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...