The Black Dog
n.d.
Medium
Soft ground etching, etching and aquatint, from a zinc plate, in warm black on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 17.7 × 12.7 cm (7 × 5 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 28.7 cm (15 3/8 × 11 5/16 in.)
Classification
aquatint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
75226
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Giovanni Fattori · 1825–1908
Giovanni Fattori (1825–1908) was born in Livorno and showed such aptitude for drawing that his family redirected him from a planned commercial education to an artistic apprenticeship under the local painter Giuseppe Baldini. In 1846 he moved to Florence, where he studied under Giuseppe Bezzuoli and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. His early work followed the conventions of historical and religio...