Sacrifice
Giovanni David (Italian, 1743–1790)
c. 1775–1776
Medium
etching and aquatint printed in black and brown, heightened with white gouache
Dimensions
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Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1997.34
Tags
male
About this artwork
David was the most intriguing Genoese print-maker of the 18th century. Like Francisco Goya, his Spanish contemporary, he was a very early practitioner of aquatint, a technique invented in France about 1765. David's free, painterly handling of this type of etching medium, which produces the effect of a wash, created subtle effects of light and atmosphere.