Lucretia
Giovanni David
c. 1775-1776
Medium
etching and aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 9.4 × 13.5 cm (3 11/16 × 5 5/16 in.) sheet: 12.1 × 17.8 cm (4 3/4 × 7 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2020.107.3
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...