The Naval Battle of Meloria
Giovanni David
1743–90
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite
Dimensions
13-7/16 x 20-15/16 in. (34.2 x 53.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1988
Accession Number
1988.254
Tags
BattlesNavyMenBoats
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...